Abstract
The use of Old Testament (OT) material in Ephesians (Eph) 4.25-30 and 5.18 is more incidental and less elaborate than in other chapters of the Ephesians. In some cases it is not clear whether the author wished the relevant phrases to be understood as deliberate OT reminiscences at all. Quotations are found in Eph 4.25/Zech 8.16; and 4.26a/Psalm (Ps) 4.5. In each case Ephesians follows LXX closely. This chapter shows that this passage specifically draws on OT material. Each section of the chapter is preceded by a chart which sets out the extent of the parallels between Ephesians and the relevant OT verses. Ch 2.15 introduced the creation of a new man. The paradigm of the new man is truthful righteousness and holiness. Ephesians clearly draws on the Greek text of Zechariah and can be regarded as a quotation rather than mediated general Jewish ethical tradition.Keywords: Eph 5.18; Ephesians (Eph) 4.25-30; ethical traditions; Old Testament (OT); truthfulness
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