{Through my lie} (en t(9369) em(9369) pseusmati). ] Old word from
pseudomai, to lie, only here in N.T. Paul returns to the
imaginary objection in verse  5 . The MSS. differ sharply here
between ei de (but if) and ei gar (for if). Paul "uses the
first person from motives of delicacy" (Sanday and Headlam) in
this supposable case for argument's sake as in  1Co 4:6 . So here
he "transfers by a fiction" (Field) to himself the objection.