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Ora Delmer Foster, 



(13) 



I Pt. 4; 



Col. 3; 14 



Tcpo TTavTwv TY]v SI? ktxu'Oijq (xya- £7d 

 7r/]v sxTsv^ lyovxtc, 



This parallel is made more important by the possible reference 

 to Col. 4 ; 2 in I Pt. 4 ; 7. Yet we have reasons to think I Peter is 

 borrowing, through this section, quite freely from Rom. 12. 



(14) I Pt. 5 ; 12 Col. 4 ; 7 



Sioc HiXouavoti 6[j.Tv zoo tzigzoo Tuytxoc, 6 ayaTajTO? ochzla^b^ aoCi 

 aBsT-cpoti . . . sypa'jia 7;i(It6? . . . 6v sTisij-'j^a 



This may be an accidental parallel, yet it is suggestive. 



The following table will show that I Peter is following Ephesians 

 rather than Colossians. 



It appears from this table that all the thought, which we find in 

 Colossians, that is paralleled in I Peter, is to be found also in Ephe- 

 sians. On the other hand, there are many parallels in Ephesians 

 that are not to be duphcated in Colossians. We have, therefore, 

 on evidence that our author knew Colossians, 



