Lesson 08 Rhetorical Issues

Lesson 08
Col. 4:2-6
Rhetorical Issues last revised: 03/27/08
To display the Greek text contained in this page, download and install the free BSTGreek True Type fonts from Bible Study Tools. The Greek text is based upon the United Bible Societies The Greek New Testament, fourth revised edition. By rhetorical issues is intended the internal literary scructure of the pericope, along with some attention to the literary setting of the pericope. The above hyperlink takes you to the page "Steps to a Literary Structural Analysis of the Greek Text," in which you will want to take note of the section "Semantic Diagraming" that grows out of the Block Diagram of the pericope. This provides the starting point for the consideration of rhetorical issues present in the pericope.

1. Drawing upon the earlier study of paraenesis in Lesson 06 (cf. Rhetorical Issues question 1), evaluate the paraenetical nature of 4:2-6.

2. Assess the literary structure of Col. 4:2-4 based on the block diagram of the Greek text.

3. Compare and contrast Col. 4:2-4 with Eph. 6:19-20

Col. 4:2-4 Eph. 6:19-20

4.2Ì Th'/ proseuch'/ proskarterei'te, grhgorou'nte" ejn aujth'/ ejn eujcaristiva/, 4.3Ì proseucovmenoi a&ma kai; peri; hJmw'n, i&na oJ qeo;" ajnoivxh/ hJmi'n quvran tou' lovgou lalh'sai to; musthvrion tou' Cristou', di j o^ kai; devdemai, 4.4Ì i&na fanerwvsw aujto; wJ" dei' me lalh'sai. 6.19Ì kai; uJpe;r ejmou', i&na moi doqh'/ lovgo" ejn ajnoivxei tou' stovmatov" mou, ejn parrhsiva/ gnwrivsai to; musthvrion tou' eujaggelivou, 6.20Ì uJpe;r ou| presbeuvw ejn aJluvsei, i&na ejn aujtw'/ parrhsiavswmai wJ" dei' me lalh'sai.

4. Assess the literary structure of Col. 4:5-6 based on the block diagram of the Greek text.

5. Compare and contrast Col. 4:5-6 with Eph. 5:15-17 and 1 Thess. 4:10b-12

Col. 4:5-6 Eph. 5:15-17 1 Thess. 4:10b-12

4.5Ì jEn sofiva/ peripatei'te pro;" tou;" e[xw to;n kairo;n ejxagorazovmenoi. 4.6Ì oJ lovgo" uJmw'n pavntote ejn cavriti, a&lati hjrtumevno", eijdevnai pw'" dei' uJma'" eJni; eJkavstw/ ajpokrivnesqai. 5.15Ì Blevpete ou\n ajkribw'" pw'" peripatei'te mh; wJ" a[sofoi ajll! wJ" sofoiv, 5.16Ì ejxagorazovmenoi to;n kairovn, o&ti aiJ hJmevrai ponhraiv eijsin. 5.17Ì dia; tou'to mh; givnesqe a[frone", ajlla; sunivete tiv to; qevlhma tou' kurivou. 4.9Ì Peri; de; th'" filadelfiva" ouj creivan e[cete gravfein uJmi'n, aujtoi; ga;r uJmei'" qeodivdaktoiv ejste eij" to; ajgapa'n ajllhvlou", 4.10Ì kai; ga;r poiei'te aujto; eij" pavnta" tou;" ajdelfou;" [tou;"] ejn o&lh/ th'/ Makedoniva/.
parakalou'men de; uJma'", ajdelfoiv, perisseuvein ma'llon 4.11Ì kai; filotimei'sqai hJsucavzein kai; pravssein ta; i[dia kai; ejrgavzesqai tai'" [ijdivai"] cersi;n uJmw'n, kaqw;" uJmi'n parhggeivlamen, 4.12Ì i&na peripath'te eujschmovnw" pro;" tou;" e[xw kai; mhdeno;" creivan e[chte.

Col. 4:2-4	Eph. 6:19-20
4.2Ì Th'/ proseuch'/ proskarterei'te, grhgorou'nte" ejn aujth'/ ejn eujcaristiva/, 4.3Ì proseucovmenoi a&ma kai; peri; hJmw'n, i&na oJ qeo;" ajnoivxh/ hJmi'n quvran tou' lovgou lalh'sai to; musthvrion tou' Cristou', di j o^ kai; devdemai, 4.4Ì i&na fanerwvsw aujto; wJ" dei' me lalh'sai.	6.19Ì kai; uJpe;r ejmou', i&na moi doqh'/ lovgo" ejn ajnoivxei tou' stovmatov" mou, ejn parrhsiva/ gnwrivsai to; musthvrion tou' eujaggelivou, 6.20Ì uJpe;r ou\| presbeuvw ejn aJluvsei, i&na ejn aujtw'/ parrhsiavswmai wJ" dei' me lalh'sai.

Col. 4:5-6	Eph. 5:15-17	1 Thess. 4:10b-12
4.5Ì jEn sofiva/ peripatei'te pro;" tou;" e[xw to;n kairo;n ejxagorazovmenoi. 4.6Ì oJ lovgo" uJmw'n pavntote ejn cavriti, a&lati hjrtumevno", eijdevnai pw'" dei' uJma'" eJni; eJkavstw/ ajpokrivnesqai.	5.15Ì Blevpete ou\n ajkribw'" pw'" peripatei'te mh; wJ" a[sofoi ajll! wJ" sofoiv, 5.16Ì ejxagorazovmenoi to;n kairovn, o&ti aiJ hJmevrai ponhraiv eijsin. 5.17Ì dia; tou'to mh; givnesqe a[frone", ajlla; sunivete tiv to; qevlhma tou' kurivou.	4.9Ì Peri; de; th'" filadelfiva" ouj creivan e[cete gravfein uJmi'n, aujtoi; ga;r uJmei'" qeodivdaktoiv ejste eij" to; ajgapa'n ajllhvlou", 4.10Ì kai; ga;r poiei'te aujto; eij" pavnta" tou;" ajdelfou;" [tou;"] ejn o&lh/ th'/ Makedoniva/. parakalou'men de; uJma'", ajdelfoiv, perisseuvein ma'llon 4.11Ì kai; filotimei'sqai hJsucavzein kai; pravssein ta; i[dia kai; ejrgavzesqai tai'" [ijdivai"] cersi;n uJmw'n, kaqw;" uJmi'n parhggeivlamen, 4.12Ì i&na peripath'te eujschmovnw" pro;" tou;" e[xw kai; mhdeno;" creivan e[chte.