Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
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Disgust
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Fear
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Joy
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Sadness
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Language Tone
Analytical
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Confident
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Tentative
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Social Tone
Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional Range
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Tone of specific sentences
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Anger
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• A command—4:6
• An argument—4:7 (pertains to pride)
• A rebuke—4:8 (sarcasm comes in)
Suffering and faithfulness in this world are inseparable—v.
9
• The world is no friend to God
• If you are faithful there is a definite relation to suffering
The tone shifts
• Corporate dissension is due to incorrect view of . . .
• Then he gets personal—4:9 and following
The apostolic example of service—4:9-13
• Treated as filth
• Believer maintains sanity in the midst of mistreatment by seeing the primary cause: Ultimate sign of a Christian’s maturity is the ability to see the face of God in all situations
• Historical context points to Paul being “entertainment” (spectacle/theater—v. 9) to the city
Observed by angels—4:9
• Unless stated otherwise angels in the NT are always “good” angels
• God’s angels observe the activity of Christians
Why are they a “spectacle”?—4:10-13
• The two viewpoints of the apostles and the Corinthians are contrary to truth (remember they are self-deceived)
• Listing of items . . . 1) Items of poverty; 2) Items of physical abuse; 3) Items of personal abuse: a) Lists what happened; b) Lists how he responded
Principle—we as believers are responsible for action and reaction
The apostolic authority—v.
14
• The idea of fatherly correction
• Shaming is an intermediate aim—v.
14a
• The ultimate aim is to warn—v.
14b
“Warn”
• Noutheteo
• Nous—the mind
• Theteo—to put in place
• To place in the mind
• Denotes three things . .
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Instruction; 2) Father-son relation (Eph.
6:4); 3) Sternness—a strong word
Fatherly instruction
• Intent—v.
14
• Basis—v.
15
• The model—vv.
16-17: 1) Its pattern; 2) Its implementation
• A visit—vv.
18-21
Imitate
• Paul—I Cor.
4:16
• God—Eph.
5:1
• Other churches—I Thess.
1:13-14
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