minds will be pondering ways to elude God’s righteous judgment. Paul knows they are thinking, If God’s faithfulness is not dependent on my faithfulness, then why should I be faithful? And if my sinfulness makes God look so good, then why should he punish me? I’m actually helping him out! This was an attempt to make it seem unjust for God to punish sinners. (Paul seemed so embarrassed to even use this kind of reasoning that he explained that he was merely using a human argument. NIV) Is God unjust