com par able ▁Kap ell meister ▁Bach ". ▁▁ ▁The ▁cant ata ▁was ▁composed ▁for ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁Day . ▁The ▁pres cribed ▁read ings ▁for ▁the ▁fe ast ▁day , ▁which ▁also ▁celebrated ▁the ▁naming ▁of ▁Jesus ▁eight ▁days ▁after ▁his ▁birth , ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁Ep ist le ▁to ▁the ▁Gal ati ans , ▁" by ▁faith ▁we ▁inherit " ▁( ), ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Luke , ▁the ▁Circ um c ision ▁and ▁naming ▁of ▁Jesus ▁( ). ▁The ▁text ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Pic ander ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 8 ▁in ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁texts ▁for ▁all ▁occasions ▁of ▁the ▁lit urg ical ▁year . ▁Pic ander ▁included ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁movement ▁a ▁verse ▁from ▁Ps alm ▁ 4 8 ▁( ▁in ▁the ▁King ▁James ▁version , ▁otherwise ▁verse ▁ 1 1 ). ▁He ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁closing ▁ch or ale ▁the ▁second ▁st anza ▁from ▁Johannes ▁Hermann ' s ▁h ymn ▁" ". ▁Pic ander ' s ▁poetry ▁is ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁similarly ▁to ▁Bach ' s ▁later ▁cant ata ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁occasion , ▁Part ▁IV ▁of ▁his ▁Christmas ▁Or atorio . ▁The ▁bib lic al ▁quot ation ▁from ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁already ▁mentions ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁God . ▁The ▁first ▁rec itative ▁adds ▁the ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Jesus ▁is ▁a ▁gift ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁Year . ▁The ▁second ▁aria ▁cont em plates ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁word ▁in ▁the ▁new