Sunday, October 6, 2013

Philemon Chiasm


A   Christ Jesus   (1:1a)
   B   fellow worker   (1:1b)
      C   fellow soldier   (1:2)
         D   grace   (1:3)
            E   my prayers   (1:4)
               F   because I hear of your love and faith   (1:5)
                  G   for Christ   (1:6)
                     H   the hearts of the saints   (1:7a)
                        I   refreshed   (1:7b)
                           J   through you, brother   (1:7c)
                              K   I have enough confidence to order you   (1:8)
                                 L   yet I rather appeal to you   (1:9a)
                                    M   I am Paul   (1:9b)
                                       N   my child   (1:10)
                                          O   both to you and to me   (1:11)
                                             P   sent him back to you in person   (1:12)
                                                Q   keep with me   (1:13a)
                                                   R   my imprisonment for the gospel   (1:13b)
                                                      S   without your consent I did not want to act   (1:14a)
                                                         T   your goodness   (1:14b)
                                                   R'   by compulsion   (1:14c)
                                                      S'   from your own free will   (1:14d)
                                                Q'   separated from you   (1:15a)
                                             P'   have him back forever   (1:15b)
                                          O'   to me but how much more to you   (1:16)
                                       N'   me a partner   (1:17)
                                    M'    I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand   (1:19a)
                                 L'   not to mention to you   (1:19b)
                              K'   you owe to me even your own self   (1:19c)
                           J'   brother   (1:20a)
                        I'   refresh   (1:20b)
                     H'   my heart   (1:20c)
                  G'   in Christ   (1:20d)
               F'   having confidence in your obedience   (1:21)
            E'   your prayers   (1:22)  
      C'   fellow prisoner   (1:23)
   B'   fellow workers   (1:24)
         D'   grace   (1:25a)
A'   Jesus Christ   (1:25b)






Christ Jesus
1:1a
1:25b
Jesus Christ
fellow worker
1:1b
1:24
fellow workers
fellow soldier
1:02
1:23
fellow prisoner
grace
1:03
1:25a
grace
my prayers
1:04
1:22
your prayers
because I hear of your love and faith
1:05
1:21
having confidence in your obedience
for Christ
1:06
1:20d
in Christ
the hearts of the saints
1:7a
1:20c
my heart
refreshed
1:7b
1:20b
refresh
through you, brother
1:7c
1:20a
brother
I have enough confidence to order you
1:08
1:19c
you owe to me even your own self
1:9a
1:19b
not to mention to you
I am Paul
1:9b
1:19a
 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand
my child
1:10
1:17
me a partner
both to you and to me
1:11
1:16
to me but how much more to you
sent him back to you in person
1:12
1:15b
have him back forever
keep with me
1:13a
1:15a
separated from you
my imprisonment for the gospel
1:13b
1:14c
by compulsion
without your consent I did not want to act
1:14a
1:14d
from your own free will
your goodness (1:14b)


After James Millard Gibbs, http://newtestamentresearch.com/NT%20Research-Mk%202/Philemon.htm.

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