Die hiërargiese funksionering van God, mans en vroue in die brief aan die Efesiërs

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The hierarchical functioning of God, men and women in the Letter to the Ephesians

Questioning the ‘Perfect Male Body’: A Critical Reading of Ephesians 4:13

“… O'Brian (1999, 307) is of the opinion that tev leio" means "mature" rather than "perfection." In the past I was myself of the opinion that "tev leio"" in the traditional Pauline corpus means perfection when it is used in connection with God and Christ and maturity when it is used in connection with human beings (cf Nortjé 1981;. Hoehner 2002, 554-555; for explanation of the use of tev leio").…”