118 BENJAMIN SARGENT relates “sanctification” to εἵλατο as an adverbial clause. In each case, “sanctification” is not seen as the exclusive means of “election”. In 2 Thess 2,13, it is accompanied by another dative of agency, πίστει ἀληθείας, and in 1 Pet 1,2 election is described as effected κατὰ πρόγνωσιν θεοῦ πατρὸς. A number of scholars have noted the literary and conceptual similarity of the two texts. Scholars such as F.J.A, Hort and G. Milligan, writing be- fore Bornemann’s “Der erste Petrusbrief — eine Taufrede des Silvanus”, suggest some degree of literary dependence, noting a common lack of the definite article with πνεύµατος 5. Achtemeier notes the similarity between these two verses, suggesting that Rom 15,16 also contains the same con- cept, though it makes no reference to election 6. Likewise, Elliott notes the unusual combination of terms in 2 Thess 2,13 and 1 Pet 1,2 and sug- gests the influence of a primitive baptismal tradition evident in Rom 6,1- 11.19.22 and Matt 28,19, though none of these relate “sanctification” to election 7. A further similarity may be the “trinitarian” structure of each theological assertion in which ἐν ἁγιασµῷ πνεύµατος is used. This struc- ture has often been noted with regard to 1 Pet 1,1-2. Yet if one regards 2 Thess 2,14 as a continuation of the thought of 2,13 (which it quite clearly is), then εἰς περιποίησιν δόξης τοῦ κυρίου ἡµῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ might be regarded as offering a similar ‘trinitarian’ structure 8. Whilst the similarity, even the dependence, of 1 Pet 1,2 and 2 Thess 2,13 is obvious to many scholars, few have noted the significance of the phrase as a description of how divine election takes place. Nowhere else in the New Testament is “sanctification” taken to be an instrumental means by which God chooses his people. This theological similarity is interesting since those who have supported the notion of Silvanus as an amanuensis have typically done so to explain the language rather than the theology of 1 Peter 9. Could it be that Silvanus F.J.A. HORT, The First Epistle of St. Peter I.1-II.17. The Greek Text with 5 Introductory Lecture, Commentary and Additional Notes (London 1898) 21.1 and G. MILLIGAN, St Paul’s Epistles to the Thessalonians. The Greek Text with Introduction and Notes (London 1908) 107. ACHTEMEIER, 1 Peter, 86. 6 ELLIOTT, 1 Peter, 318-319. 7 For example, A.M. MBUVI, Temple, Exile and Identity in 1 Peter (LNTS 8 345; London 2007) 73-74 argues that 1 Pet 1,1-2 offers a “trinitarian” account of how the communities addressed by 1 Peter become the “Temple-Commu- nity”. Cf. F.H. AGNEW, “1 Peter 1:2 — An Alternative Translation”, CBQ 45 (1983) 70. C.E.B. CRANFIELD, The First Epistle of Peter (London 1950) 14; C. 9 BIGG, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude (ICC; Edinburgh 1902) 6, and KELLY, Peter, 33. Cf. SELWYN, St Peter, 372-373. on Silvanus’ possible Greek ability. © Gregorian Biblical Press 2012 - Tutti i diritti riservati