Figures of Speech in Galatians-Philippians-Colossians
FREQUENT AND IMPORTANT FIGURES OF SPEECH IN GALATIANS, PHILIPPIANS, AND COLOSSIANS allegory – an extended metaphor or hypocatastasis. amphibologia – a word or phrase with two interpretations. anacoluthon – the grammatical sequence or flow of thought is changed or interrupted. anadiplosis – a sentence ends with a word, and the following sentence begins with the same word. anaphora – repetition of the same words at the beginning of successive sentences. antenantiosis – a positive is magnified by use of an equivalent negative statement. antimereia – exchange of parts of speech, such as a noun for an adjective; e.g. “angels of might” for “mighty angels”. antimetabole – the repetition of a series of words in the opposite order, for the purpose of contrasting. asterismos – a calling attention by the mark of an asterisk, i.e., a word which attracts attention, “lo!” “behold!” asyndeton – a series of words or phrases with an emphatic concluding statement. condescensio – (anthropopatheia) – ascribing human attributes, etc., to God; e.g. “the right hand of God.” ellipsis – the omission of a word or phrase in order to place emphasis on the remaining portion of the sentence. epanadiplosis – the repetition of a word at the beginning and end of a verse. epanorthosis – a recalling of what has been said in order to correct, as if by an afterthought. epitrechon – parenthetic addition thrown in, not complete in itself. erotesis – a rhetorical question, one which does not expect an answer.
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pure by the grace and the love of God.. .Because of this being created in righteousness and truly pure, you put away, completely lay to rest the lie that you have been and were living and each one of you speak the truth using a quotation from the Word with his believing neighbor for we are members one of another in the Body of the Church. Robinson {Edward} said, he translated, 'speak every man truth with his neighbor' and he said it's from Zachariah 8:16 which adds force to what is said by using a quote. That's why I translated that. I think that' s great. It adds force to what is said. If you're speaking to someone, it adds force to what you say by using a quote, a quotation from God's Word. In other words, ' you share the Word with them.' That' s why I went with that translation. I want to give it to you again in this sense. Speak the truth using a quotation from the Word, which means