Chiastic structure of the book of James
Fascinating proposal here for a chiastic structure of James’s letter, which has often stumped commentators. But I seem to remember seeing a similar proposal somewhere else. Hmm, has the author used...
View ArticleChiasmus in Obadiah 10-14
Though one has to be careful not to see a chiasmus where one doesn’t exist (as one gentleman tried to explain away immersion for remissions of sins in Acts 2:38 by inventing it there), after being made...
View ArticleChiastic structure of Colossians
This author has charted a structure of Paul’s letter to the Colossians in the form of a chiasmus. His original page is here, with some links. Don’t have much idea of the content in the rest of the...
View ArticleChiasmus: 1 Corinthians 1-3
Mark Wallace thinks he’s identified a chiastic structure in 1 Cor. 1-3. He’s asked for feedback on it. I reproduce it here, in case the material there is lost: A … 1:10-17) don’t boast in men B …...
View ArticleStrength
Today’s devotional is adapted from the Portuguese-language “God with Us.” “Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”...
View ArticleChiasmus for General Epistles?
In a Google peek at The unity of the Bible: exploring the beauty and structure of the Bible, by Duane L. Christensen, I saw this chart of a chiastic structure for the general epistles: This looks...
View ArticleChiasmus in Amos 5
Here’s a graphic detailing what I believe to be a chiastic structure in Amos 5, which my eye picked up during a read. I’ve put the structure in a graphic to preserve the spacing and grouping of the...
View ArticleSermon on the Plain, Bible versions, praise
In a four-part series of sermons on Luke 6, one preacher provides, in his last lesson, this structure — chiastic, of course — to the Sermon on the Plain, and it seems to hold together well. Fantastic!...
View ArticleStructure of Acts 2:41-47
See the suggested chiastic structure for Acts 2:41-47 and explore with us the meaning of this structure for the passage. Continue reading →
View ArticleChiastic structure of Paul’s letter to the Romans
Romans in chiasmus. Continue reading →
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My little secret and the secret of the text
Here’s my little secret: sometimes I use a random Bible verse generator when I post a verse online on social media. This morning I clicked looking for a good verse and got this: testifying to Jews, and...
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