A chiasm is a literary structure where vocabulary of the first section of a passage is repeated in reverse order in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In John 6:26-30 the center and climax is the answer to the question “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” is “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent” (John 6:28-29).
The Chiasm of John 6:26-30
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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