1:10 εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν καιρῶν, ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ πάντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ, τὰ ἐπὶ τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐν αὐτῷ. εἰς οἰκονομίαν. Purpose, modifying προέθετο (v. 9; Best, 139). Lexically, the term should not be understood passively as “plan” (contra BDAG, 697–98.2.b) but actively as “activity of administration” (Lincoln, 32), a meaning more congruent with εἰς. If “plan” were the meaning, one would expect κατά. τοῦ πληρώματος. Objective
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