Of love (εξ αγαπης). Out of love to Paul as well as to Christ. Put 1Colossians 13 here as a flashlight.

The one preach Christ of contention. This means preaching with the intention of forming parties and producing strife among His professed f…

Not sincerely.—This version conveys an incorrect impression. The original is “not purely,” i.e., not with unmixed and sin…

It is greatly to be desired that all who preach Christ should preach in a right spirit. But even if they do not, let us be glad that Christ is prea…

These nobler preachers recognized the apostle’s sincerity and unselfishness.

They realized that his present circumstances were part of a larg…

Some, I say, from contention. Here we have a lengthened detail, in which he explains more fully the preceding statement; for he repeats th…

The one preach Christ of contention
That is, those that preached of envy and strife, and not of good will to Christ,…

The apostle was a prisoner at Rome; and to counteract the offence of the cross, he shows the wisdom and goodness of God in his sufferings. These th…

Having stated the reason for hope concerning the future, he now indicates the matters for which he prays for them. First, he mentions his desire, w…