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Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear.








These men are making much of you, but not with honorable intentions. They want to shut you out, so that you will have to make much of them. Verse ConceptsExcommunicationmotives

You have heard of my former conduct when I was attached to the Jewish religion??ow furiously I used to persecute the church of God and ravage it, and how I surpassed many of my own age among my people in my devotion to Judaism, I was so fanatically devoted to what my forefathers had handed down.

I can testify to their sincere devotion to God, but it is not an intelligent devotion. For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.


They praised God when they heard it, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous upholders of the Law. Verse ConceptsZealMany In The ChurchSalvation For IsraelSpecific Praising Of GodTaking The Law To Heartzealots


And a scribe came up and said to him, "Master, I will follow you wherever you are going!" And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head!"

As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head!"

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear. read more.
But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad,

All God's people wish to be remembered to you, especially those who belong to the emperor's household. Verse ConceptsCaesarRoman Emperors

Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers. Verse ConceptsWinterBrotherhoodeffort

Remember me to my dear Epaenetus, who was the first man in Asia to turn to Christ. Remember me to Mary, who has worked so hard for you. Remember me to Andronicus and Junias, my fellow-countrymen, who went to prison with me. They are noted men among the missionaries, and they became Christians before I did. read more.
Remember me to Ampliatus, my dear Christian friend. Remember me to Urbanus, our fellow-worker in Christ's cause, and to my dear Stachys. Remember me to that veteran Christian, Apelles. Remember me to those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. Remember me to my fellow-countryman, Herodion. Remember me to the Christians in the household of Narcissus. Remember me to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, those hard workers in the Lord's cause. Remember me to my dear Persis, who has worked so hard for the Lord, Remember me to Rufus, that eminent Christian, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me. Remember me to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who meet with them. Remember me to Philologus and Julia, to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas, and all God's people who meet with them. Greet one another with a sacred kiss. All the churches of Christ wish to be remembered to you. I beg you, brothers, to be on the watch for those who introduce divisions and difficulties, in opposition to the instruction that you were given, and to avoid them.

Now I want to assure you, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in furthering the preaching of the good news. Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison, and so most of the Christian brothers have been exceedingly encouraged by my example to declare God's message without any fear of the consequences. read more.
Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear. But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad,

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news.

so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ, with your lives filled with the fruits which uprightness produces through Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God. Now I want to assure you, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in furthering the preaching of the good news. read more.
Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison, and so most of the Christian brothers have been exceedingly encouraged by my example to declare God's message without any fear of the consequences. Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear. But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare, for I eagerly and confidently hope that I shall never disgrace myself but that this time as always hitherto, living or dying, I shall do Christ credit by my unfailing courage. For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better. But if living on here means having my labor bear fruit, I cannot tell which to choose.