What do you think of this outline? I see a pattern that includes both
parallel and chiasm. What does it say about the meaning of the passage?
VERSE LEVEL ONE VERSE LEVEL TWO
14 a Redemption
15 b Image of God 15 EIKWN TOU QEOU TOU AORATOU
15 c Preeminent over Creation 15 A PRWTOTOKOS
16 d All things created 16 B EN AUTW
16 e In Heaven 16 C DI AUTOU
16 f In Earth 16 D EIS AUTON
16 f' Visible
16 e' Invisible
16 d' All things created 18 KEFALH TOU SWMATOS THS EKKLHSIAS
18 c' Preeminent from the dead 19 A' PRWTOTOKOS
19 b' Fulness of God 20 B' EN AUTW
20 a' Reconciliation 20 C' DI AUTOU
20 D' EIS AUTON
-- Lee R. Martin Part-Time Instructor in Hebrew and Biblical Studies Church of God Theological Seminary Cleveland, TN 37311 Pastor, Prospect Church of God