89 Cf. Gal. 2:20, ζῄ δὲ ἐν ἐμοί Xϱιστóζ.
88Gk. ϰατοιϰῆσαι τòν Xϱιστóν, where the aorist infinitive could be ingressive (cf. possibly Col. 1:19; see p. 72 with n. 159); though this is not necessarily so.
89Cf. Gal. 2:20, ζῄ δὲ ἐν ἐμοί Xϱιστóζ.
90Cf. Col. 1:27 (p. 86).
91Gk. ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἐϱϱιζωμένοι ϰαί τεθεμελιωμένοι.
92See p. 94. Cf Eph. 2:21; 4:16.
93Cf. Rom. 5:5.
94Cf. 1 Thess. 3:12; 5:15.
95See the summary of interpretations in M. Barth, Ephesians, pp. 395-97.
96In evaluating gnostic and similar analogies one should bear in mind that dimensional language is liable to be used for a variety of unconnected subjects; cf. the invocation of Light in K. Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae, I (Leipzig, 1928), 4.978-79, “I adjure thee, holy light, holy beam, breadth, depth, length, height (πλάτος, βάθος, μῆϰος, ὓψος). . . .” Where literally measurable dimensions are not in view, the expression is another way of saying “fullness.”