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7.Of which I was made a minister. Having declared the gospel to be the instrument employed in communicating grace to the Gentiles, he now adds, that he was made a minister of the Gospel; and thus applies to himself the general statements which had been made. But, to avoid claiming for himself more than is proper, he affirms that it isthe gift of the grace of God, and that this gift was an exhibition of divine power. As if he had said, “ not what I have deserved; for in the free exercise of kindness, the Lord made me an apostle of the Gentiles, not for any excellence of mine, but by his own grace. Inquire not what I formerly was; for it is the Lord’ prerogative to ‘ them of low degree.’” (Luk_1:52.) To produce something great out of nothing, shews the effectual working of his power.