Thomson(i)
12 Now I wish you, brethren, to know that what hath happened to me hath rather conduced to the furtherance of the
13 gospel; so that in the whole imperial palace, and all other places, my bonds are well known to be for Christ;
14 and a greater number of the brethren in the Lord are emboldened by my bonds to venture to speak the word with more freedom and intrepidity.
15 Some indeed proclaim the Christ out of envy and contention, but others do it out of good will
16 the former for the sake of strife proclaim the Christ not in a pure manner, thinking to add affliction to my bonds;
17 but the latter for love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
18 What then? Still in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. At this therefore I rejoice and will rejoice.
19 For I know that this will issue in my deliverance, through your supplications and a supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that I shall in no wise be ashamed; but that in the most open manner, as always so now, Christ shall be magnified in my body, either by life or by death.