The Style of Galatians 513 In addition to these metaphors 5,1-24 includes other tropes. We find antonomasia in v. 8, hyperbaton in vv. 4 and 7-8, hyperbole in v. 15 and metonymy in vv. 5 and 12. We find the figures of speech anadiplosis in 4,31-5,1, asyndeton in vv. 4, 19-21 and 22, chiasm in v. 17, ellipsis in vv. 4 and 17, elimination in v. 6, paronomasia in vv. 2-3 and 7-8, a proverb in v. 9, and transplacement in vv. 7-8. We also find the figures of thought antithesis in v. 17, questions in vv. 7 and 11, and understatement in vv. 8a and 23b. 5,25-6,10 is also ornamented, but less so than 5,1-24. In the former passage Paul uses one of his rare words in 6,3. He uses the metaphor of the family of God in 6,10, the metaphor of running and walking in 5,25, an agricultural metaphor in 6,7-9, and another metaphor in 6,2 and 5. We also find the figures of speech chiasm in 5,25 and 6,8, and a proverb in 6,7. As we have noted above, Betz sees 5,25-6,10 as a series of sententiae (38). V. Implications of Stylistic Analysis for Interpretation of Galatians Reflection on the style of Galatians makes us aware that for the most part it is carefully written in plain style. This implies that it intends above all to form the minds of the Galatians both by communicating knowledge and by presenting convincing arguments. Adapting the teaching of Cicero, Augustine says that the subdued (i.e., plain) style should be used to teach (docere; Cicero says probere “prove”), the temperate (i.e., middle) style to delight, and the grand (i.e., full) style to move the hearer (On Christian Doctrine 4.27, 34). The subdued style should be used when addressing knotty questions, and the temperate style for praise and blame (52). Obviously, the grand style should be used to shape the will. I would argue that the pleading section of the letter (4,12–6,10) begins with 4,12-20. It is here that Paul makes his main request of the addressees. The grand style is appropriate as Paul attempts to move the Galatians to grant his request. The middle style is appropriate to the latter part of the pleading section, where Paul elaborates his plea, presuming that he has won the Galatians over. Reflection on the style of Galatians also calls attention to the prominence of metaphors in Galatians. The most common metaphors are thoroughly conventional and so probably used without special (38) BETZ, Galatians, 291.