444 Ora Delmer Foster, 



than that of Ephesians. These conclusions are affected, no doubt, 

 by his doubts concerning the authenticity of Ephesians. Against 

 the position of Von Soden may be urged the following line of argument 

 presented by Monnier : " En realite, c'est I'epitre de Pierre qui 

 tantot resume et tantot developpe. C'est elle dont les idees se 

 suivent d'une fa^on large, coulante, sans rien de rigoureux. Si le 

 style des Ephesiens a des detours (1 ; 11 — 14) ou la pensee semble 

 se resaisir, il est plein, nerveux, original ; les idees forment un en- 

 semble solide, bien lie, avec une indiscutable puissance." (Com. 

 p. 261.) It would seem, therefore, that the general consensus of 

 scholastic opinion is that " This form of benediction is copied from 

 Eph. 1 ; 3." (Hort's Ep. of Pt. p. 27.) 



(3) I Pt. 1 ; 21 Eph. 1 ; 20 



Tov sysipav-a au~bv sx vsxpwv systpac auTov sx vsxpwv, xat, sxa- 

 xa\ Bo^av auTco BovTa Oiisv Iv Bsita auToS . . . 



This is a striking parallel and in this context is very significant. 

 " This connection of the resurrection of Christ with Christian faith 

 and hope is distinctly Pauline." (Cone Com. p. 308.) Romans Ex. 

 12 affords a close parallel, but this one combines the exaltation of 

 Jesus with the resurrection, and in this respect is the closest N. T. 

 parallel. 

 (4) I Pt. 2 ; 4-6 Eph. 2 ; 18-22 



xpo? 6v xpo<7£p/_6[j.evot 'XiQ'OV Bi' a^ToO £XO[j,£v ■zr^^ TcpoaaywyrjV 

 Zm^cc ... 19) . . . oixsToi -zoo Qzoo. 



5) xai auToi w? lib-oi ^wvts? oixo- 20) £XoixoBo[j.7]&-£VTei; sTd tw &-£- 

 Bojj.sT'jQ'S, oTxo? 7iv£U[j.aT:tx6? \it7d& . . . ovto? axpoycovtaiou au- 



6) . . . lib'oy axpoyoviaTov -zou Xpio-Tou 'Iyjo-ou 22) 



G'uvoixoBojxsTcO'S zlq xaTOtx7]T-/]'piov 



-OD (-hryj 



This arrangement, borrowed from Abbot (Com. p. xxv), shows 

 the extended parallel in detailed form. In I Pt. 2 ; 4 and Eph. 

 2 ; 18 access to God is through Christ. Cf. also I Pt. 3 ; 18 and 

 Eph. 3 ; 12. Holtzmann's theory, that the reference to Isa 28 ; 16 

 was suggested to our author by the axpoy(.)viaiov of Eph. 2 ; 20, 

 is quite plausible. The word is found in the N.T. only in these 

 two passages. The reference in Acts 4 ; 11 may seem to indicate 

 the originality of I Peter, yet stress cannot be placed upon this 

 point, since Acts may depend upon I Peter, See also the discus- 

 sion on Rom. Ex. 2—4. The believers are frequently thought of as 

 a spiritual temple by Paul. (Cf. I Cor. 3 ; 16.) Cone thinks the 



