First Epistle of Peter. 449 



(17) I Pt. 3 ; 18 Eph. 2 ; 18 



" I Pt. 3 ; 18 reminds us of Eph. 2 ; 18, while the verses immedi- 

 ately following exhibit the ancient explanation of Eph. 4 ; 8-10." 

 (Abbot Com. p. xxv.) 



(18) I Pt. 4 ; 2, 3 Eph. 2 ; 3 



avu-pto7:wv £7:iO-!jpat? (4 ; 2) to l%ib-u[jioLii; -yj? o-apxo? TjIj^wv, tcoio-jv- 

 |io'JXYi[J.a Twv sD'Vwv xaTsipyacrb'a!, -zc ^a 8<s>.7i[j.aTa --^^ crapxo? 



(4; 3). 



Monnier has pointed out this close parallel. (Com. p. 263.) R. Knopf 

 also thinks there is here a clear case of dependence upon Ephesians. 

 (Das nachapostolische Zeitalter p. 34). 



(19) I Pt. 1; 1 Eph. 1; 1 



IIsTpoc oL-oa-rAoc, 'iTjCrou XpiT-ofj ria-jlo? aTOcnroXo? 'ItjCtou Xpicr^otj 



This Pauline form of address is worthy of attention in a context 

 so suggestive of Ephesians. Though " epistolary forms are not 

 made by any one man," it is indeed significant that our author used 

 the Ephesian form both at the beginning and at the end of his Epistle. 



(20) 



I Pt. 1 ; 1 Eph. 1 ; 4 



ziz}\£i(x-rj 



(21) I Pt. 1 ; 2 Eph. 1 ; 5 



XaTOC TZpo'YVCOG-lV TZpOOpiTCCC 



Election is a common Pauhne doctrine, but it is alluded to in the 

 opening verses of but three of his Epistles, i. e., Eph. 1 ; 4, I Thes. 1 ; 

 4 and Tit. 1 ; 1, granting the Pauhne authorship of the Pastoral 

 Epistles. Predestination is also a Pauhne doctrine. Cf. Rom. 8 ; 

 29, 30, I Cor. 2 ; 7, and Eph. 1 ; 5, 11. But in the beginning of no 

 other Epistle is it alluded to. Paul never uses the noun Trpoyvfocrt^, yet 

 he employs the verb T^poyivoxTKO) in the sahie way. Cf. Rom. 8 ; 

 29. See also Acts 26 ; 5. The occurrence of these ideas in the 

 beginning of these two Epistles only, and in the same order is too 

 significant to be passed over lightly. 



