The use of for missions in Ephesians
Verbum et Ecclesia
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The use of for missions in Ephesians | |
| Creator | van Aarde, Timothy A. | |
| Description | The concern which prompted the letter and the author’s digression in Ephesians 3:2–12 represents a lacuna in Ephesians scholarship. Its function within the wider discourse remains uncertain. The term is prominent in the discourse and has been interpreted as an administrative office or activity in the Pauline corpus. This article shows that the term has a missional nuance in Ephesians. It is used for the role of Christ in the execution of the plan of God (Eph 1:10) and the role of Paul in the implementation of the plan (Eph 3:2). The author of Ephesians acknowledges the role Paul played in the mission’s movement of the gospel itself, ‘I Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ’ (Eph 3:1, 7). He is identified as the person to whom ‘the stewardship of the grace of God has been given’ (Eph 3:2). The of the gospel is committed by Paul to the church, marking a new phase in the development of the mission of the church.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article suggests that in Ephesians 3:10, which is a crux interpretum, that the missional nuance of the term indicates in Ephesians 3:10 the role of the Church in the execution of the plan of God and the missio Dei is implied.Keywords: oikonomia; missions; Ephesians | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-06-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ve.v37i1.1489 | |
| Source | Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 37, No 1 (2016); 10 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982 | |
| Language | eng | |
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