Here are the next chapters from “The Restoration of All Things in Acts 3:21 – a Structural Analysis of Peter’s Sermon in Acts 3:11-26”. There are a lot of chiasms here!
Exegesis
Living Stones – a Chiastic Analysis of 1 Peter 2:1-12
A chiastic structure to 1 Peter 2:1-12 is becoming more widely recognised and this article is an attempt to contribute to that work. An important theme of 1 Peter 2:1-12 is the pattern of Christ’s Person and work being reproduced… Read More ›
“Be Not Unequally Yoked Together With Unbelievers” (2 Cor. 6:14) – a Chiastic Analysis of 2 Cor. 6:11-7:4a
In this short article, I attempt a structural analysis of 2 Cor. 6:11-7:4a. This passage includes the famous verse about not being yoked together with unbelievers. Although this verse is widely understood to be about marriage, the context suggests that… Read More ›
Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit: an Intertextual Reading of Mark 9:14-29 and the Golden Calf Incident in Exodus Ch. 32
Many commentators have noticed a similarity between Jesus’ return from the Mount of Transfiguration and Moses’ return from Mount Sinai with the 10 Commandments. In both cases there is a chaotic scene of failure which Jesus and Moses resolve. In… Read More ›
“All Scripture is God-breathed”: a Structural Analysis of 2 Tim. 3:16 and Surrounding Verses
This essay can be accessed by clicking on the link below. In the essay I have tried to show that the expression in 2 Tim. 3:15 “through faith in Christ Jesus”, which wonderfully applies to our salvation, actually has also… Read More ›
Was Junia a Female Apostle (Romans 16:7)? – a Chiastic Study of Romans 16:3-15
I have recently been looking at some of the literature which discusses whether Junia (or Junias) – who, along with Andronicus, is greeted by Paul in Romans 16:7 – was a female apostle. A book on this topic strongly supporting… Read More ›
Chiastic structure of Romans Ch. 6 – Part 3
In this short article, a second structural analysis of Romans 6:12-14 is put forward. This analysis, like the previous one, shows how Paul uses this “bridge” section to link the two main arguments of Ch. 6. The analysis, if correct,… Read More ›
Chiastic Structure of Romans Chapter 6 – Part 2
In this article, I continue looking at structures in Romans ch. 6 by considering some possible structural aspects of the “bridge” section, Romans 6:12-14. Please click on the link below to acces the article which, as usual, is a Word… Read More ›
Chiastic Structure of Romans Chapter 6 – Part 1
This is the first of what I hope will be several notes on chiastic aspects of Romans Ch. 6. Here, I put forward a suggested chiastic outline for the chapter as a whole, and in future articles, I will try… Read More ›
“Use a Little Wine for Thy Stomach’s Sake” (1 Tim. 5:23) – a Suggested Interpretation.
One of the frequent comments about this verse is that it doesn’t appear to fit very well in the context of the surrounding verses: it appears to be an intrusion into the flow of Paul’s thought in this part of… Read More ›
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