The cantata falls relatively early in Bach's chronology of cantata compositions. It was possibly composed for 24 February 1715, but more likely a year or two earlier. The Bach scholar Christoph Wolff states: "The original performing material has survived and allows us to date the work to 1713". Bach performed the cantata again when he was "Thomaskantor" in Leipzig in 1724, with an expanded scoring in a different key. It was then probably performed in the same service as the newly composed .