Paul’s Rhetorical Performance, with Philip Towner: 1 Corinthians 6:11

<p>Dr. Philip Towner is professor at the Pontifical Urbaniana University and teaches at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Among other things, he authored a major commentary on <a href= "https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLetters-Timothy-INTERNATIONAL-COMMENTARY-TESTAMENT%2Fdp%2F0802825133%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fqid%3D1639522539%26refinements%3Dp_27%253APhilip%2BH.%2BTowner%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-1&data=05%7C01%7Crebecca.a.larson%40wheaton.edu%7C5a86190683514bfb853f08da3a8530b0%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C637886640990804245%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6nkPpGyM%2Fgu7W%2BbE4Ms4pVpMWnqVCxhp8RYBv7Qh6hQ%3D&reserved=0"> <em>The Letters to Timothy and Titus</em></a>, and co-authored with Catherine McDowell, <a href= "https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FRewards-Learning-Greek-Hebrew-Discovering%2Fdp%2F1683074017%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fcrid%3D17LXI6E8HKA0P%26keywords%3Dcatherine%2Bmcdowell%26qid%3D1639522700%26s%3Dbooks%26sprefix%3DCatherine%2Bmcd%252Cstripbooks%252C168%26sr%3D1-2&data=05%7C01%7Crebecca.a.larson%40wheaton.edu%7C5a86190683514bfb853f08da3a8530b0%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C637886640990804245%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=j8QXrP6DE4TxXum40KTtb1ag%2BJu4sj7ytvka3%2BmaPVU%3D&reserved=0"> <em>The Rewards of Learning Greek and Hebrew</em></a>. In the Greek of 1 Cor. 6:11 there is a rhetorical device – the threefold repetition of a common conjunction – that translations might not convey, and common English might not employ, but that powerfully conveys Paul’s pastoral-theological point.</p>