17. But others, out of contention, announce Christ insincerely, claiming that their difficulties lift them up to my chains.
18. But what does it matter? As long as, by every means, whether under pretext or in truthfulness, Christ is announced. And about this, I rejoice, and moreover, I will continue to rejoice.
19. For I know that this will bring me to salvation, through your prayers and under the ministration of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20. by means of my own expectation and hope. For in nothing shall I be confounded. Instead, with all confidence, now just as always, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
21. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22. And while I live in the flesh, for me, there is the fruit of works. But I do not know which I would choose.
23. For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,