15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

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17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.(A) Keep away from them.(B) 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(C) but their own appetites.(D) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(E) the minds of naive people.

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(A) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(B)

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13 For such people are false apostles,(A) deceitful(B) workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.(C)

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You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(A) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(B) are you not mere human beings?

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Be shepherds of God’s flock(A) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;(B) not pursuing dishonest gain,(C) but eager to serve; not lording it over(D) those entrusted to you, but being examples(E) to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd(F) appears, you will receive the crown of glory(G) that will never fade away.(H)

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16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.(A) 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition,(B) not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.(C) 18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.

Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

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For what we preach is not ourselves,(A) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(B) and ourselves as your servants(C) for Jesus’ sake.

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19 For the Son of God,(A) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[a](B) and Timothy(C)—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always(D) been “Yes.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas

“Everything they do is done for people to see:(A) They make their phylacteries[a](B) wide and the tassels on their garments(C) long;

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  1. Matthew 23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm

Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[a]?(A) But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[b](B)

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  1. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
  2. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

16 Beyond all question, the mystery(A) from which true godliness(B) springs is great:

He appeared in the flesh,(C)
    was vindicated by the Spirit,[a]
was seen by angels,
    was preached among the nations,(D)
was believed on in the world,
    was taken up in glory.(E)

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

This matter arose because some false believers(A) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(B) the freedom(C) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

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20 For I am afraid that when I come(A) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.(B) I fear that there may be discord,(C) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,(D) slander,(E) gossip,(F) arrogance(G) and disorder.(H)

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If I give all I possess to the poor(A) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[a](B) but do not have love, I gain nothing.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames

23 but we preach Christ crucified:(A) a stumbling block(B) to Jews and foolishness(C) to Gentiles,

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20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus(A) and Cyrene,(B) went to Antioch(C) and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news(D) about the Lord Jesus.

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36 You know the message(A) God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news(B) of peace(C) through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.(D)

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20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues(A) that Jesus is the Son of God.(B)

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35 Then Philip began(A) with that very passage of Scripture(B) and told him the good news(C) about Jesus.

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42 Day after day, in the temple courts(A) and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news(B) that Jesus is the Messiah.(C)

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Philip(A) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.

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