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35With νεϰϱὖσατε οὖν here cf. Rom. 12:1 (παϱαϰαλѽ οὖν ὑμᾶς); Eph. 4:1 (παϱαϰαλѽ οὖν ὑμᾶς). Col. 3:5-4:6 sets out the implications for earthly life of the heavenly-mindedness inculcated in Col. 3:1-4; cf. A. T. Lincoln, Paradise Now and Not Yet (Cambridge, 1981), pp. 130-31.
36Cf. John 13:17, “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”
37“In the New Testament religion is grace, and ethics is gratitude” (T. Erskine, Letters [Edinburgh, 1877], p. 16).
38According to Clement of Alexandria, the βαπτɩζόμενοɩ put off their old garments and put on new ones (Pedagogue 2.6.23.4).
39Cf. A. Seeberg, Der Katechismus der Urchristenheit (Leipzig, 1903); G. Klein, Derälteste christliche Katechismus (Berlin, 1909); P. Carrington, The Primitive Christian Catechism (Cambridge, 1940); A. M. Hunter, Paul and his Predecessors (London, 21961), pp. 52-57; E. G. Selwyn, The First Epistle of St. Peter (London, 1946), Essay II (pp. 363-466); C. H. Dodd, Gospel and Law (Cambridge, 1951); G. B. Caird, The Apostolic Age (London, 1955), pp. 109-13; R. Schnackenburg, The Moral Teaching of the New Testament, E.T. (New York, 1965); L. Nieder, Die Motive der religiös-sittlichen Paränese in den paulinischen Gemeindebriefen (München, 1956).