 In 1735, shortly after the first performance of his "Christmas Oratorio", Bach seems to have desired to fill this void and complete his cycle of chorale cantatas.Bach scholar Christoph Wolff found it evident that Bach reprised the second cycle in 1735, performing the new cantata between , for the third Sunday after Epiphany and , for Septuagesima.The prescribed readings for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany were taken from the Epistle to the Romans, "love completes the law" (), and from the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus calming the storm ().