¹²Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances^c have happened instead for the progress of the gospel, ¹³so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium^d and to all the rest, ¹⁴and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, dare even more to speak the word without fear. ¹⁵Some even because of envy and strife preach Christ, but some also because of good will. ¹⁶The latter do so from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. ¹⁷The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment. ¹⁸What is the result?^e Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice, ¹⁹for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death. ²¹For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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Philippians 1:21: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Footnotes

cLiterally “the things with me”
dOr “praetorian guard,” or “imperial guard”
eLiterally “for what”