57 In the Johannine literature the indicative predominates.
56E. F. Scott, ad loc. (pp. 65-66). In a later work, Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (London, 1947), Scott showed a truer appreciation of Paul’s thought.
57In the Johannine literature the indicative predominates.
58E.g., in 1 Cor. 5:7-8, Christians are exhorted to be “unleavened” because they are “unleavened.” Cf. pp. 357-59 (on Eph. 4:22-24).
59On such catalogues of vices (and of virtues, as in v. 12) see A. Vögtle, Die Tugend- und Lasterkataloge im Neuen Testament (München, 1936); S. Wibbing, Die Tugend- und Lasterkataloge im Neuen Testament und ihre Traditionsgeschichte (Berlin, 1959).