Die verhouding tussen kerk en agape in Pauliniese perspektief

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to investigate the pivotal semantic position taken by ajgavph in its relationship to the Pauline concept of church. ajgavph is a kov po"a strenuous labour (1 Thess. 1:3), not to be considered a means or strategy to achieve something but to characterise the typical depicted eschatological character of the Pauline ej kklhsiv a . Selected aspects of ajgavph in 1 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans, Galatians and Ephesians are investigated to illustrate the remarkable relationship between ejkklhsiva and ajgavph.


(Acta Theologica: 2002 22(1): 31-41)