Explanation:
King Benjamin’s complex ceremonial speech in Mosiah 2–5 contains
several excellent examples of chiasmus. The overall structure
of the speech is chiastic and houses smaller chiasms within
it. (For a more detailed representation of the speech of Benjamin
as a whole, see chart 87.) This chart shows only one of the chiasms
found in Benjamin’s speech. Notably, the main chiasms in
Benjamin’s speech concern the doctrine of Jesus Christ—the
doctrine Benjamin wants to emphasize. This particular chiasm,
which comes at the midpoint of the entire speech, concerns the
crucial process of being spiritually reborn through the atonement
of Christ.
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