‘Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given me according to the working of His power.'
In mentioning the Gospel given to the Gentiles he cannot but remember how God graciously took him and made him a minister of that Gospel to the Gentiles (Galatians 2:7-8).
‘According to that gift of the grace of God which was given me.' This means that the gift sprang from the grace of God and that he recognised the wonder of that gift. It was given to him solely as the act of God's grace even while he was in the womb (Galatians 1:15), and it was revealed in the Damascus Road experience (Acts 9:15-16).
‘According to the working of His power.' As ever when the gift was given the power resulted. He experienced the mighty power of God at work through him (compare Ephesians 1:19). That is the test of the true gift of God, that He works through it with power.