For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive — Paul guards against the most serious charges against wandering sophists and false teachers of his era. His motives are pure (akatharsia is foreign to him), his doctrine uncorrupted (apatē is not in his heart). The appeal (paraklēsis) comes not from human cleverness but from the mercy that has gripped him.

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