This parallel is very suggestive, yet is probably accidental. Cf. 

 Examples 1 and 7. 



(10) I Pt. 5 ; 9 I Thes. 3 ; 2, 3 



w avTio-TTjTS G-Tspsot TV] Tiic-ei 7capaxa}v£(7at 6[j.a(; Tispi t^? tcict- 



Dependence may easily be inferred from this parallel, yet the con- 

 text does not warrant us to consider it more than a mere possibility. 



We are not to conclude from the above study that either Epistle 

 presupposes the other. 



II THESSALONIANS 

 D 

 d 



(1) I Pt. 1 ; 2 II Thes. 2 ; 18 

 £v uyic<.a[xoi rivEOixaTOi; Iv ocyiacixw IIvEUjxaTO^ 



" Election " through sanctification of the Spirit is set forth here 

 in a way not found elsewhere in the N. T. The thought is Pauline 

 and the verbal agreement closer than elsewhere. The context, 

 however, is not suggestive of I Peter. 



(2) I Pt. 1 ; 13 II Thes. 1 ; 7 



£v a7uoxaXu'j(£i 'Iyio-qO Xpt(7T0u £v xri dcTioxaXu^Ei toO xupiou 'IrjCoO 



Again there is verbal agreement. It is significant that " angels " 

 are spoken of in the immediate contexts, yet they play very different 

 roles. 



(3) I Pt. 5 ; 3 II Thes. 3 ; 9 



TU7:oi Yiv6[j.£voi ToO 7:oi[j.vtou" I'va zof.wzobq tuttov Bco[j.£v 6[j.Tv 



(4) I Pt. 5; 10 II Thes. 2; 17 



