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I was foreman on a jury one time and Ihad to keep minding one of the jurors that we were the judges of facts, not possibilities. The lawyers were responsible for giving us the facts and we had to restrain our analysis and conclusions on those facts alone (as well as our determination of how trustworthy they were). Paul is an excellent attorney AND a trustworthy witness. Although he is writing to a friend about circumstances that contain more detail and color than what we have been provided, he still has the inspiration of the Holy Spirit backing him up and his words still have been included in the canon of Scripture, all of which is beneficial to us. Therefore, we can trust we have what we need within the text provided. Although we certainly have to consider context and history to properly judge the facts, the facts are all we judge.