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123 Outstandingly in the hymn of Col. 1:15-20 (pp. 54-76).

123 Outstandingly in the hymn of Col. 1:15-20 (pp. 54-76).

122But note the collocation of “one body” and “one Spirit” in Eph. 4:4 (p. 336).

123Outstandingly in the hymn of Col. 1:15-20 (pp. 54-76).

124See comment on Col. 1:3 (pp. 40-41).

125E. Schweizer, The Letter to the Colossians, E.T. (Minneapolis/London, 1982), pp. 15-24.

126H. J. Holtzmann, Kritik der Epheser- und Kolosserbriefe (Leipzig, 1872). The genuine nucleus discerned by Holtzmann consisted of Col. 1:1-5, 6a, 7, 8, 9a, 10 (in part), 13, 19-20 (in part), 21-23 (in part), 25, 29; 2:1, 2a, 4, 5, 6, 7b, 8, 9 (in part), 11 (in part), 12-14, 16, 18b, 20, 21, 22a, 23b; 3:3, 12, 13, 17; 4:2-5 (for the most part), 6-8, 10-11, 12 (in considerable part), 13-15.

127C. Masson, L’Epître de Saint Paul aux Colossiens, CNT 10 (Neuchâtel/Paris, 1950), 86 et passim. Masson’s argument is independent of Holtzmann’s, although his conclusions are generally similar.

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