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14 And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers[a] here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message[b] without fear.

15 It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. 16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. 17 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me. 18 But that doesn’t matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. And I will continue to rejoice.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:14a Greek brothers in the Lord.
  2. 1:14b Some manuscripts read speak the message.

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