Eph 6:1-9
Ta; tevkna, uJpakouvete toi'" goneu'sin uJmw'n ejn kurivw/. tou'to gavr ejsti divkaion: tivma k.t.l....Kai; oiJ patevre", mh; parorgivzete ta; tevkna uJmw'n, ajlla;
ejktrevfete aujta; ejn paideiva/ kai; nouqesiva/ Kurivou. OiJ dou'loi uJpakouvete toi'" kata; savrka kurivoi" meta; fovbou kai; trovmou ejn aJplovthti t. kardiva" uJmw'n wJ" tw'/ cristw'/, mh; katj ojfqalmodoulivan wJ" ajnqrwpavreskoi
,
ajllj wJ" dou'loi Cristou' poiou'nte" to; qevlhma tou' qeou', ejk yuch'" metj eujnoiva" douleuvonte", wJ" tw'/ kurivw/ kai; oujk ajnqrwvpoi", eijdovte" o{ti e{kasto"
,
ejavn ti poihvsh/ ajgaqovn, tou'to komivsetai para; kurivou, ei[te dou'lo" ei[te ejleuvqero"
.
ib.
2.
Th'/ proseuch'/ proskarterei'te
,
grhgorou'nte" ejn aujth'/ ejn eujcaristiva/: proseucovmenoi a{ma kai; peri; hJmw'n, i{na oJ qeo;" ajnoivxh/ hJmi'n quvran tou' lovgou
,
lalh'sai to; musthvrion tou' cristou', dij o} kai; devdemai, i{na fanerwvsw aujto; wJ" dei' me; lalh'sai
.
ib.
18-20.
dia; pavsh" proseuch'" kai; dehvsew" proseucovmenoi ejn panti; kairw'/ ejn pneuvmati, kai; eij" aujto; ajgrupnou'nte" ejn pavsh/ proskarterhvsei kai; dehvsei peri; pavntwn tw'n aJgivwn, kai; uJpe;r ejmou', i{na moi doqh'/ lovgo" ejn ajnoivxei tou' stovmatov" mou, ejn parrhsiva/gnwrivsai to; musthvrion t. eujaggelivou
,
uJpe;r ou| presbeuvw ejn aJluvsei, i{na ejn aujtw'/ parrhsiavswmai wJ" dei' me lalh'sai
.
ib.
7.
Ta; katj ejme; pavnta gnwrivsei uJmi'n Tuvciko" oJ ajgaphto;" ajdelfo;" kai; pisto;" diavkono" kai; suvndoulo" ejn kurivw/: o}n e[pemya pro;" uJma'" eij" aujto; tou'to, i{na gnw'te ta; peri; hJmw'n kai; parakalevsh/ ta;" kardiva" uJmw'n
.
ib.
21.
{Ina de; eijdh'te kai; uJmei'" ta; katj ejmev, tiv pravssw, pavnta gnwrivsei uJmi'n Tuvciko" oJ ajgaphto;" ajdelfo;" kai; pisto;" diavkono" ejn kurivw/: o}n e[pemya pro;" uJma'" eij" aujto; tou'to i{na gnw'te ta; peri; hJmw'n kai; parakalevsh/ ta;" kardiva" uJmw'n
.
Parallel phrases in passages otherwise not parallel.
Colossians Ephesians Col 1:22
aJgivou" kai; ajmwvmou" k. ajnegaujtou'
. Eph 1:4
aJgivou" kai; ajmwvmou" katenwvpion aujtou'
.
ib.
10.
peripath'sai ajxivw" tou' kurivou
. Eph 4:1
ajxivw" peripath'sai t. klhvsew" h|" ejklhvqhte
.
It is difficult indeed to say, considering the patent coincidences of expression in the two Epistles, whether the points of likeness or of unlikeness between them are the more remarkable. No one can doubt that either one Epistle was an intentional copy of the other or else that both were written at very nearly the same time by the same author. It is when we are considering the doctrinal substance of the Epistles that the latter conclusion forces itself upon us most irresistibly as the true one. These two letters are twins, singularly like one another in face, like also in character, but not so identical as to be without a strongly marked individuality. (Davies: The Epistles of St Paul to the Ephesians, the Colossians and Philemon , p. 7.)
The Epistle to the Ephesians stands to the Epistle to the Colossians in very much the same relation as the Romans to the Galatians. The one is the general and systematic exposition of the same truths which appear in a special bearing in the other. (Lightfoot:
Biblical Essays
, p. 395.)
VIII. RELATION TO OTHER PAULINE DOCUMENTS.
(a) Ephesians and the Epistle to Philemon.