and always do it with joy in every entreaty I make for all of you,

What difference then does it make? In one way or another, whether in pretense or in sincerity, Christ is being preached, and that is the thing that makes me glad; yes, more too, I will continue to be glad of it,

because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.

So let us all who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude, God will make it clear to you.