Paul’s "Fullness of Time” (Gal 4:4) and "Fullness of Times” (Eph 1:10)

• Authors: Anna Rambiert-Kwaśniewska

Title variants

PL

Paul’s "Fullness of Time” (Gal 4:4) and "Fullness of Times” (Eph 1:10)

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The expression “the fullness of time/times” is problematic because it was used for the first time in all of Greek literature by Paul, the Apostle to the Nations. A similar expression can be found only in certain papyri, where “the completion of times” was the expression used to call, among others, the end of a loan period. The only key to understanding the connotation of “the fullness of time/times” is an in-depth analysis of the immediate textual contexts of both Galatians 4:4 and Ephesians 1:10, the two places where this novelty is found. This article is an attempt to interpret the “fullness of time/times” in Galatians 4:4 and Ephesians 1:10 (with the addition of Mark 1:15). Our conclusion is that in Galatians 4:4 “the fullness of time” should be considered as “the end of the domination of Law.” As for Ephesians 1:10, there are multiple valid proposals for explaining “the fullness of times”, and we have not limited ourselves to any one in particular.

Keywords

EN

fullness of time; fullness of times; πλήρωμα; καιρός; χρόνος; Galatians; Ephesians

PL

pełnia czasu; czas; pełnia czasów; πλήρωμα; καιρός; χρόνος; List do Galatów; List do Efezjan

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Verbum Vitae
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2020-12-21

Contributors

author

Anna Rambiert-Kwaśniewska

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vv.3739