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Paul’s Present Circumstances

12 I want you to know, beloved,^* that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, ¹³so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard^* and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ; ¹⁴and most of the brothers and sisters,^* having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word^* with greater boldness and without fear.

15 Some proclaim Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. ¹⁶These proclaim Christ out of love, knowing that I have been put here for the defence of the gospel; ¹⁷the others proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but intending to increase my suffering in my imprisonment. ¹⁸What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true; and in that I rejoice.

Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,