First Epistle of Peter. 447 



(9) I Pt. 1 ; 10—12 Eph. 3 ; 5 



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I Pt. 1 ; 10-12 finds a related thought in Heb. 11 ; 13, 39, 40, but 

 Eph. 3 ; 5, 10 is the only other place in the N. T. where the meaning 

 of the prophecies was not clearly known to the prophets themselves 

 but has first become so to us. That I Peter goes beyond Ephesians 

 in saying the prophets themselves were made acquainted by revelation 

 with their own ignorance (Eph. 3 ; 5), indicates the priority of the 

 latter. (Cf. Abbot's Com. on Eph. p. xxv). Hort thinks we have 

 here a clear " clue to St. Peter's trend of thought." (Ep. of St. Pt. 

 p. 64.) 



(10) I Pt. 1 ; 13 Eph. 6 ; 14 



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No other passage in the N. T. affords as close a parallel to our 

 Epistle here as Eph. 6 ; 14. Dependence is made more probable by 

 £v UTzoY-ciku'ltzi 'I'r](70i) XpiaToO (1 ; 13), which is " a Pauline term for 

 the Parousia." Cf. I Cor. 1 ; 7, II Thes. 1 ; 7. (Cone Com. p. 306.) 



The " preexistence of Christ " is a common Pauline conception. 

 Monnier thinks with Hort (Ep. of Pt. p. 80), that xpo xaxapox^^ is 

 " probablement empruntee a Eph. 1 ; 4." (Com. p. 76.) " I Pt. 1 ; 20 

 and Eph. 3 ; 9 correspond in the same reference to the mysteiy 

 ordained xpo xa'rajioA^? xo(7[j.ou, and hitherto hidden, but now 

 revealed. And as in Eph. 3 ; 10 the wise purpose of God is now 

 made known to angehc powers, so in I Pt. 1 ; 12 they desire to search 

 into these things." (Abbot Com. p. xxvi). 



