Verse 18
Paul associated himself with God to reinforce his argument.
"The argument is one from ’ethical congruity.’ God is faithful in the fact that the Gospel which is proclaimed by His messengers is not a Gospel of duplicity, full of misleading statements and of promises which are not fulfilled." [Note: Plummer, p. 35.]
"When God speaks His positive does not carry a hidden negative. And so it is also with His chosen Apostle: his word to the Corinthians is not a mixture of yea and nay at the same time, but a faithful yea-sincere, honest, unambiguous." [Note: Hughes, p. 35.]
"Apparent inconsistency or fickleness may be consistency on the highest level." [Note: Morgan, p. 230.]
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