A chiasm is a literary structure where themes of the first section of a passage are repeated in the second. The center of the chiasm is typically the climax of the passage. In 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 the center and climax is that God established in Christ and annointed us. A Now He who establishes us (1:21a) B with you in Christ (Greek: christos) (1:21b) B’ and anointed (Greek: chriō) us is God, (1:21c) A’ who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. (1:22)
The Chiasm of 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
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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