Abstract:
The study deals with the question whether fJ£Tcl xapat: in Colossians 1:11 is
linked to what precedes or follows it. In trying to answer the question the
motivations given for either choice are scrutinised while the use of the expression
in the Septuagint and the rest of the New Testament is researched. On the basis of
these considerations it is found that no conclusive case could be made for either
choice. The focus of the study is then to show that a structural analysis of the
prayer section might render a linkage to the preceding to be the more probable
choice.
