Dan Williams

This article proposes a constructive alternative grounded in the inner life of the Trinity and the relational constitution of humanity as imago Dei. Drawing on Genesis 1:26-28, the two great commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Trinitarian theology of social unity, it argues that ethics is not primarily a system of rules applied to isolated individuals but the outward expression of a relational ontology originating in the perichoretic life of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

This study examines Paul's theology of spiritual empowerment across three letters in which he discusses the topic in depth: 1 Corinthians 12-14, Romans 12:3-8, and Ephesians 4:7-16.