 In the Weimar version, the instrumental quotation of the tune of the same hymn used as the closing chorale provided a structural unity to the cantata.Jones compared the "extremely florid" rendition of the tune, given to the soprano in the Leipzig version, to the similar approach in the chorale played by the oboe d'amore in movement 5 of the Weimar cantata for Pentecost, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder", BWV 172.The bass next sings "" (Only consider, child of God) as a secco recitative ending in an arioso, the typical style of recitatives during the Weimar period.