508 Terrance Callan finally saying that the intention of the false brothers was katadoulwsousin makes use of the metaphor of freedom vs. slavery. v Thus v. 4 is one of the most ornate verses of Galatians. V. 5 includes an instance of the figure of speech pleonasm, namely in the expression ei[xamen th/ uJpotagh'/ (30). The long sentence in vv. 6-10 also displays several ornaments. In vv. 7-9 the terms ajkrobustiva" and peritomh'" are used several times as metonymy for Gentiles and Jews respectively. Vv. 7-8 include instances of ellipsis since eujaggevlion and ajpostolhvn are not repeated in the second part of the two verses. V. 8 includes an instance of antonomasia in that a participial phrase replaces the name of God. Finally in v. 9 stu'loi is used metaphorically (31). Stylistically these two sentences stand out rather starkly from the rest of Galatians. Betz says vv. 6-10 is “one convoluted sentence, a strange phenomenon in the otherwise so well-composed letter” (32). This also applies to vv. 4-5. It is not clear whether the anacoluthon of vv. 4-5 is intentional because allusion served Paul’s purpose better than explicit details, or unintentional because Paul’s thought ran ahead of his dictation (33). We will discuss the first possibility again below. If Paul’s thought ran ahead of his dictation in an otherwise notably well composed letter, we might suspect that it was because he had particularly strong feelings about the people and events he is discussing at this point (34). Although vv. 6-10 are simply complex, not incomplete, despite the anacoluthon in v. 6, the same possibilities that apply to vv. 4-5 also apply to it. III. Plain Style in Galatians In On Christian Doctrine 4 Augustine discusses the three general styles of discourse, calling them subdued, temperate and grand. These correspond to Cicero’s plain, middle and full styles respectively. Augustine says that in general Galatians is subdued (i.e., plain) in style (44) and specifically cites Gal 4,21-26 and 3,15-22 as examples of this style (39). However, Gal 4,10-20 is an example of grand (i.e., full) (30) BETZ, Galatians, 91 — yield by submission. (31) LONGENECKER, Galatians, 57. (32) BETZ, Galatians, 92. (33) So DUNN, Galatians, 97. (34) So J.L. MARTYN, Galatians. A new translation with introduction and commentary (AB 33a; New York 1997) 195.