Chiasm
Hebrews 13:5–18
Hebrews 13:5–185 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 5-6 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, – I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, – The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."
- B 7 "Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation."
- C 8-9 "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein."
- C' 15-16 "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."
- B' 17 "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves."
- B 7 "Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation."
- A' 18 "Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly."