P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

The second supposed similarity noted by
Lock is that both Ephesians (3:16, 6:10) and the psalm
(vv. 29,36) emphasise God's gift of strength.
Eph 6: 10 'toU A-OI.?\oU lvol.)v
').~ a.b'tou
Again we note that there are no obvious
similarities that would suggest a literary dependence
by the author of the epistle upon the psalm.
3ut,
on the other hand, it is conceivable that someone
who was familiar with these particular phrases i~
the psalm might well be responsible for Eph 3:16 and
6:10. 31 The third similarity noted by Lock is
that in both psalm and epistle the same description
of God's people - as God's inheritance - is found.
Lock cites Eph 1:18 32 and Ps 67:10 33 :
Eph 1: 18 't~ et Uvo.I. {,j.lO-, •••• 'tC, ~ ?\A-oU't'o, 't~, o·6~n' ~,
XA-npovo~Ca, a.~'toU !v 'tor, ~yCoc.,
Ps 67 :10 !3pox;tJV lxouCTl.a.v &.