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

50 Breads h 'tot', O~pa.VCOL'
phrase in 6:9.
at 1:20; cf also the same
51Epheser, p.45; cf Abbott, op.cit., p.5; Percy, op.cit.,
p.l8l; Gnilka, op.cit., pp.63-66.
52Job 1:6; Dan 10:13,21; cf 2 Macc 5:2; 1 Enoch 61:10,
90:21,24.
53ps 2:2; cf also the substitution of 'heaven' for the
divine name in later Judaism.
54 See above pp. 5-9.
550p.Cit., p.474.
56 .
See below pp. 310-13.
57So Allan, op.cit., pp.57f; Bruce, Ephesians, p.27;
J. Cambier, "La Benediction d'Eph 1:3-14", ZNW 54 (1963),
pp.58-104, especially pp.66f.
58 "Ephesians " , p.474.
59Cf Str-B IV, pp.799ff.
60 E.g. Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 4:4; Gal 1:4.
61This contrast differs only slightly from that of
indicative/imperative; here the emphasis is not so much
on a course of action to be followed, though this may be
implied in certain of the texts, but rather on the state
which has been achieved by the believer by virtue of the
action of God in Christ and then it is because of 'this
new status that the believer has equally a new function
in the world. This particular emphasis is most easily
seen in the first five examples listed below. Further
explanation of the relevance of this contrast will be
brought out more clearly in the discussion that follows.
62 0 't p.Cl .,
63 0 't
p.Cl .,
pp.312f.
p.59.
642 : 11,13 also seem to reflect the idea of incorporation,
though less definitely than in the verses cited. It is
also possible that in 1: 1 the phrase ,uO"tot', !Y XpLO"tlP
lxxiv