I wrote a few times that most of the people were not trained to recognize the literary patterns in the Bible. That's why I do my best to point them out - on a large scale (the outline of the books as a whole), or on a micro-level (a short passage or a single sentence).
Here is an example of the beauty of Pauline writings. A single sentence is structured chiastic.
Here is the text: Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ.
I noticed that in the middle of the sentence there are two synonyms that even sound similar (in Greek): completely and whole. Then everything began to fall into its rightful place. Here we go:
b. sanctify
c. you
d. completely
d'. whole
c'. spirit, soul, body
b'. be kept
a'. our LORD Jesus Christ
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