What did Paul say grace was given to him to do among the Gentiles?
Grace was given to him to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. This revealed mystery, hidden in God from the beginning of the world, is the fellowship of the mystery—the body of truth—so that all men might see and believe it.
In Ephesians 3:8, the Apostle Paul says he is less than the least of all saints, yet this grace was given to him: to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Les teaches that few believers understand those unsearchable riches, because they are beyond human comprehension. The context also says this truth was a secret God kept until He was ready to reveal it, and once revealed, He expects mankind to believe it. Verse 9 adds that Paul was to make all men see, or understand, the fellowship of the mystery, this body of truth, which had been hidden from the beginning of the world in the mind of God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. Les connects this same God to Genesis 1.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;