528 Ora Delmer Foster, 



only by recollection but by a present power" (Hort p. 92). The 

 tendency toward hypostatization is more marked here than in the 

 implied T^oyo? doctrine of the Pauline Epistles. Nor does it seem to 

 be a violation of the text to say Jas. 1 ; 18 shows a stiD greater 

 tendency in this direction. That " John " was acquainted with I Peter 

 is made very probable both by the structure and the sense of 

 Jn. 1 ; 13 a and I Pt. 1 ; 23 a. The antithesis is significant, especi- 

 ally since it is followed by phrases similar in form and meaning. 

 John 1 ; 14 takes up the word 'ko^oc, again, as if at the suggestion 

 of another, which would come quite naturally from I Pt. 1 ; 23—25 

 or Jas. 1 ; 18. Hort thinks that " St. James is speaking here of the 

 original creation of man." Granting the truth of his contention, 

 the Epistle maystiU show an influence upon Jn. 1 ; 1—14. (Cf. Jn. 1; 

 3). I Pt. 1 ; 23 b would have been a very suggestive text for the 

 author who wrote Jn. 1 ; 4a, the content of which, significantly 

 enough, is put into a discourse of Jesus (Jn. 5 ; 26). Compare 

 I Pt. 2 ; 9b also with Jn. 1 ; 4b, which idea is also put into the mouth 

 of Jesus (Jn. 8 ; 12, 9 ; 5, 12 ; 36, 37. 



On the whole then this parallel seems to indicate that the implied 

 " logos doctrine " of Paul was taken up. in connection with the idea 

 of the " new birth," b> our author, who put it in a suggestive fashion 

 for " James," all of which — with the possible exception of James — 

 paved the way for the fully developed form found in the Fourth 

 Gospel. 



(7) I Pt. 2 ; 22 Jn. 8 ; 46 



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