being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,

Some indeed even preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also of good will.

What then? Nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached. And I rejoice in this. Yet, also I will rejoice.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

For I have no one who is like-minded, who will naturally care for your state.