“... The formal constraint of beatitudes may have necessitated this shift, since, for example, Jesus promises future rewards in seven out of nine beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-11. The form of the beatitudes has imposed certain changes in verb tense, causing the Pauline ethic to resemble Jesus’ own teaching to a greater degree ... Beatitudes i and xii are word for word the same as Matthew 5:8 and 5:7 respectively; the apodosis in vii equals that in Matthew 5:4; the apodosis in viii resembles that in Matthew 5:9 ... Thus, Beatitudes ii, iv, v, xi, and xiii are expositions of 1 Corinthians 6-7. Four other beatitudes take direct inspiration from Jesus’ beatitudes, displaying dependence on Matthew. The remaining four relate to the theme of continence and the resurrection, and would appear to be inventions of the Presbyter himself, though not without Pauline inspiration. The frequency of allusions to 1 Corinthians 6-7 is hardly by accident. The Presbyter’s purpose for recounting Thecla’s story emerges—he wishes to give narrative embodiment to Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 6-7 ...”