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 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1 the center and climax is “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “and do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you (2 Cor 6:17).
Chiasm of 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1
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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