see A. Ehrhardt, The Beginning (Manchester, 1968).
148Cf. A. M. Hunter, Interpreting Paul’s Gospel (London, 1954), p. 43.
149Cf. L. S. Thornton, The Common Life in the Body of Christ (London, 1944), p. 144; also his essay “The Body of Christ in the New Testament,” in The Apostolic Ministry, ed. K. E. Kirk (London, 1946), pp. 53-111.
150Gk. ἀϱϰή, as in Prov. 8:22 (see p. 59, n. 93). On the Hellenistic background
see A. Ehrhardt, The Beginning (Manchester, 1968).
151Gk. πϱωτóτοϰος (as in v. 15); cf. Rev. 1:5 (p. 54, n. 70).
152Cf. Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:8b.
153Cf. 1 Pet. 1:3.
154Rom. 8:29 (πϱωτóτοϰος ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς); cf. Rom. 8:11.
1551 Cor. 15:20 (ἀπαϱϰὴ τѽν ϰεϰοιμημένων), 23 (ἀπαϱϰὴ ϰϱιστóς).
156Cf. John 3:15-16, 36; 6:51; 10:27-28; 11:25-26.