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

potentia) by one who has fulfilled the conditions that
have been previously set out. 70 This statement of
Robinson's also indicates that where the interpretation
does approach that of Colossians it makes use of an
interpretation of ~a~'xm,
that we have already argued
is untenable.
It may well be that the idea that the
fulness of God does reside in Christ is implied in
Eph 3:19, but this can hardly be the primary intent
of the statement.
In any discussion on the significance
of the ~Anp~a
term much consideration must
be given to the whole pericope vv. 14-19.
Here there
is set out by means of three tva clauses a prayer of
the author for his readers.
The statement with which
we are concerned is essentially the conclusion of the
'process' that is outlined by means of the first two
t~ clauses. The end of the process to which v.19b
refers is, however, not yet complete in reality, but
in that it is expressed by a tva form
(which has the same purpose as the well-known and
frequently occuring infinitive of result) it is
envisaged as being beyond doubt. 71 The concern then
is not essentially with the sum-total of either
divine gifts or deity, but much more with an expression
of divine purpose and"consequently, there is implicit
emphasis on the instrument through which this divine
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