185 A. Deissmann, Paul, E.T. (London, 1926), p. 168.
183Compare the sequence of blessings which flow from justification by faith in Rom. 5:1-11.
184Gk. παϱαστῆσαɩ. The time referred to is the parousia of Christ; the same verb bears this eschatological sense in v. 28; cf. Rom. 14:10; 2 Cor. 4:14; 11:2; Eph. 5:27.
185A. Deissmann, Paul, E.T. (London, 1926), p. 168.
186For the foundation see 1 Cor. 3:11.
187Cf. I. H. Marshall, Kept by the Power of God (London, 1969).
188Cf. G. Bornkamm, “Die Hoffnung im Kolosserbrief—Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Frage der Echtheit des Briefes,” in Studien zum Neuen Testament und zur Patristik (Berlin, 1961), pp. 56-64; he finds that the latter idea is uppermost in Colossians, whereas the former is characteristic of Paul.
189Especially in view of the parousia; cf. Eph. 1:18; Heb. 3:6; 6:11; 10:23; 1 Pet. 1:13; 1 John 3:3.
190See on v. 6 above; cf. Rom. 10:18.