This article is similar to the Catholic apologetics investigators analyses of the 2nd letter to the Corinthians attributed to Paul. The letter is considered remarkable for its rhetoric. They say, " Paul falls naturally into the style and argumentation of contemporary philosophic preachers, employing with ease the stock devices of the 'diatribe.' By a barrage of questions, by challenges both serious and ironic, by paradox heaped upon paradox, even by insults hurled at his opponents, he strives to awaken in his hearers a true sense of values and an appropriate response..."