Ephesians 3:7

“whereof. was made. minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of His power”.

“Whereof”: “For which” (Wms). “Of this Good News. became. minister” (TCNT). “Minister”:. servant. “According to the gift of that grace of God”: Paul realized that his selection to be an apostle was unmerited and undeserved (1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:15). "He just cannot get over it", Hendriksen notes, "that God chose him, even himself, Paul, the great persecutor of the church, to proclaim the gospel" (Boles p. 247). “According to the working of His power”: “And by the power with which he equipped me” (Phi). “That working energy of God had been both exercised and exhibited in Paul's conversion (such as when Jesus appeared to Him, and when God forgave him upon being baptized (Colossians 2:12), in the revelations made known to him, and in the powerful miraculous helps bestowed upon him to enable him to proclaim the truth. Paul spoke here of the special abilities given to him as an apostle. Paul did not work under his own power but under the power of God. He was. servant (minister) empowered by his Master” (Caldwell p. 115).