Verse 17

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

Referenced Verses

  • Phil 1:7 : 7 For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle– I am telling the truth; I am not lying– and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • 2 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
  • 2 Tim 4:6-7 : 6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand. 7 I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it.
  • Luke 21:14 : 14 Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
  • Acts 26:1 : 1 Paul Offers His Defense So Agrippa said to Paul,“You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense:
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
  • Rom 1:13-17 : 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. 16 The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”
  • 1 Cor 9:16-17 : 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)