446 Ora Delmer Foster, 



from the prison-house of the underworld. The Christians took over 

 the doctrine with but few changes. They thought of God effecting 

 the dehverance in the person of Christ. This passage in Ephesians 

 marks the transition point, and from it our author apparently drew 

 the doctrine of the mission of Christ to the underworld. The more 

 developed form found in I Peter indicates the priority of Paul. The 

 thought occurs in the fully developed form but this one time in the 

 N. T., but is common in later writings. Sandwiched as it is here 

 between thoroughly Pauline ideas and phrases, the probabiHties are 

 highly in favor of Abbot's theory of dependence. See Monnier's 

 discussion Com. p. 172—178. 



(6) I Pt. 3 ; 21—22 Eph. I ; 20—21 



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Ttv sv Bs^ia 0SOU, TcopsuQ^si^ si? O-tTsv Iv Be^ia au^ou sv toT? stcou- 



oupavov. 22) OTUotraysvTfov auToi pavioic. 21) uT^spavo) T^aoTji; ap/^7]? 



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[XSCOV X'jptQ-YlTOC. . . . 



The exact sequence of thought and similar phrasing in this 

 extended parallel thoroughly justify Zahn in saying : " these " 

 parallels "go to confirm the correctness of the observation that 

 Peter and Silvanus had Ephesians before them." (Int. II, p. 187.) 

 Robinson also thinks there is here a clear case of dependence upon 

 the Pauline Epistle. (Ep. to Eph. p. 151). 



(7) I Pt. 5 ; 8 Eph. 6 ; 11 



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';:cov Ttva xairaxtYi * (Tj avTi(7'CT|i:s T^po? to BuvaaO'at u^-ac a"~Yiva!, T^po? 



(j-Tspeot t:^ xt(7T£i . . . -zoLc, [xsO'oSsiac toO Bi,a(3oXo!j . . 



" Dependence on the part of I Peter is evident from the fact that 

 at the conclusion of both letters it is suggested that back of the men, 

 through whose hostilities the readers are compelled to suffer, stands 

 the devil, whom they are steadfasth' to resist." (Zahn's Int. II, 

 p. 187.) 



b 



(8) I Pt. 1 : 3 Eph. 1 ; 7 



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This parallel is very significant, since it follows one which is in 

 complete verbal agreement. This usage can hardly be accidental. 

 See Ex. 2. 



