Chains advance the good news

12I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually advanced the good news,

13so that my chains in Messiah have become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest,

14And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord because of my chains, dare all the more to speak the word fearlessly.

15Some indeed proclaim the Messiah because of envy and rivalry, but others because of goodwill.

16The former do so out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the good news,

17But the others proclaim the Messiah out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my imprisonment.

18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Messiah is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice.

19For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

20in keeping with my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, as always, even now Messiah will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.