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

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R. Fowler 'Ephesians 1:23' ET 76 (1964) p.294 accepts
that vv. 15-23 ~s to be construed as a unity but at
the same time argues that the basic Greek sentence is
in fact vv. 19b, 23b which is interupted by the
parenthetical statement in vv. 20-23a. This gives rise
to what Fowler describes as an 'envelope structure';
he translates: 'A power seen in the action of his
mighty strength ••• by which all things in every way
are brought to completion ' • But this theory with
its associated translation is to be rejected because
it does not consider sufficiently the relationship of
v.19b to vv. lS-19a and because it totally ignores the
relationship, both in terms of language and theology
between 7tA1,pu..v.a. and 7tAilp