A chiasm is a literary structure where vocabulary of the first section of a passage is repeatedin the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 the center and climax is the Paul considered himself a worker with the Corinthians for their joy (2 Cor 1:24b). A But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith, (1:23-24a) B but are workers with you for your joy; (1:24b) A’ for in your faith you are standing firm.(1:24c)
The Chiasm of 2 Corinthians 1:23-24
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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