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107Cf. Isa. 5:26, ἀϱεĩ σύσσημον ὲν τοĩσ ἕθνεσιν τοĩσ μαϰϱάν.
108For attempts to find a hymnic structure in vv. 14–18 see G. Schille, Frühchristliche Hymnen (Berlin, 1965), pp. 24–31; J. Gnilka, “Christus unser Friede—ein Friedens-Erlöserlied in Eph 2, 14–17,” in Die Zeit Jesu, ed. G. Bornkamm and K. Rahner (Freiburg, 1970), pp. 190–207; H. Merklein, “Zur Tradition und Kom-position von Eph 2, 14–18,” BZ 17 (1973), 79–102; cf. J. T. Sanders, The New Testament Christological Hymns (Cambridge, 1971), pp. 14–15, 88–92.
109“The Pauline teaching on reconciliation gains a fresh dimension by being applied to persons-in-community” (R. P. Martin, Reconciliation: A Study of Paul’s Theology [London, 1981], p. 198).