First Epistle of Peter. 431 



(23) I Pt. 3 ; 8 Eom. 12 ; 10 



Topyot 



(24) I Pt. 3 ; 8 Rom. 12 ; 16 



Ta-stvocppovs? [JIT] Ta 64»vi>>a cppovoOvTsc a>.la 



TaxsivoT^ cruva7caY6[X£voi 



(25) I Pt. 3; 8 Eom. 12; 13 

 eua-laY/vot toTc /peiatc twv aywov xotvwvo- 



OVTSC 



Following the canon of brevity we should be required to cast 

 our vote in favor of the originality of I Peter at this point in accord 

 with the contention of Weiss, but other considerations lead us to 

 beheve our author summed up the exhortation of Rom. 12 ; 5—16 

 into one sentence, i. e. 3 ; 8. The last five parallels afford a con- 

 spicuous example of expressing the content of PauHne phrases by 

 single compound words. This is especially obvious in the next to 

 the last parallel, where two words already used by St. Paul are 

 combined. Separately these parallels do not merit such a high 

 rating, yet when taken together they may well be placed in class " b ". 



(26) I Pt. 3 •, 9 Eom. 12 ; 17 



jj-Y] a::oBiB6vT£c v.axov av-i xaxoti [XTjBevi xaxov avTi xaxoti axoBi- 



Prov. 20 ; 22 ([j.-/] siTu-ri? TiaojjLai tov t/p-pov) can hardly be the ori- 

 ginal for these two passages as some contend. Nor is it probable 

 they were quoting independently a logion of Jesus. Cf. Mt. 5 ; 39, 

 and Lk. 6 ; 29, which have very different forms. The probabilities 

 are therefore that one is quoting the phrase from the other. Paul 

 uses it also in another connection. I Thes. 5 ; 15. See Zahn's 

 Introduction II, p. 187. 



(27) I Pt. 3; 9b Eom. 12; 14 



Y] };OtBopiav avd loiBopiac -ou- suXoysTts tou^ Bicoxovira; 6[j.a<; 

 vavTiov Bs s^XoyouvTec toXoytixt, xa\ [xy] xocTapao-d-s 



This parallel is strengthened also by I Pt. 2 ; 15. The context 

 as well as the wording makes dependence very probable. 



