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PHall | June 12, 2013
What does Paul mean in 1 Corinthians 11:19 – “There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.” Is this approval right and good? Or, is Paul again using sarcasm? Using the chiastic structure to interpret consider the latter. A – (17) Now in giving the […]
PHall | February 21, 2013
For those interested in chiasms, I purposely wrote this perryism chiastically: (A) Unfortunately; (B) what others say; (C) about the Bible; (C’) becomes the Bible (B’); to others (A’) unfortunately.
PHall | February 19, 2013
Luke 16:13 (HCSB) A – No household slave can be the slave of two masters, B – since either he will hate one C – and love the other, C’ – or he will be devoted to one B’ – and despise the other. C’ – You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”
PHall | December 30, 2012
A – 1. At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain. 2. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath! ” B – […]
PHall | November 8, 2012
A – (6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us. B – (7) For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, C – […]
PHall | October 24, 2012
Share with me your thoughts as to which of these two chiasms works better, or share yours, or state there is no chiastic structure. Chiasm #1 A – Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, B – To the land which I […]
PHall | September 25, 2012
Right in the middle of instructing concerning spiritual gifts (1 Cor.12,14), Paul speaks most eloquently of love (1 Cor.13). Right in the middle of speaking of love (13:1-8; 13:13), Paul speaks of spiritual gifts (13:8-12). Did Paul just get disorganized or go on a tangent? This might be an example of chiastic structure. A – […]
PHall | July 21, 2012
This Perryism is actually a chiasm: A – Self-control; B – Not needed; C – When we; D – Want to obey; C’ – Why we; B’ – Need; A’ – Self-control Plus, within this Perryism there is a PerryDox (i.e., paradox). If self-control is not needed when we want to obey then we need […]
PHall | June 22, 2012
Never underestimate the ignorance of your…self. That is a perryphrase of a popular saying given to speakers. Everyone once in a while I discover something I didn’t know, and often it is simple. There is a phrase in the baptism scene of Jesus where He says to His cousin and baptizer, “Allow it for now, because […]
PHall | May 31, 2012
Isaiah 38:2-3 (NASB) Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, (3) and said, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Isaiah 38:2-3 (HCSB) […]