Are Paul's writings a progressive revelation like the Bible as a whole?
Yes. Paul’s writings constitute a progressive revelation, just as the Bible as a whole does. In Romans and Corinthians the Body of Christ receives only one or two mentions, but Ephesians reveals it more fully after Paul received further revelations during his imprisonment.
Les teaches that Paul’s writings are a progressive revelation just like the Bible as a whole. When Paul first begins his letters, he does not make a big deal over the Body of Christ: Romans has just one mention, and I Corinthians has one or two. But in Ephesians, Paul has had further revelations, this being one of the prison epistles, after sitting in prison in Caesarea for a year and a half, so deeper things come. That is why more is seen about the Body in Ephesians than in Romans and Corinthians. It is part of the greater revelation of our position in the Body, which is in Christ. Ephesians 4:12 speaks of the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry, and the edifying of the Body of Christ. Les also makes the point that not every church member across the world is a member of the Body of Christ; even in a local church, some members can be lost and not in the Body of Christ.