Philippians 1:15

Some preach Christ from envy and rivalry, others from goodwill. Mixed motives exist even among those proclaiming the gospel.

Cross-references · 21

• Rom 16:17–18Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
• Phil 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
• 2 Cor 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• 1 Pet 5:2–4Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
• 2 Cor 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• 2 Cor 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
• Matt 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
• 1 Cor 3:3–4for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
• Phil 1:16–18The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
• 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
• 2 Cor 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
• Acts 10:36He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
• Jas 4:5–6Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
• Acts 9:20Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
• Acts 8:35Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
• Acts 5:42Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
• 1 Tim 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
• 1 Cor 13:3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
• Gal 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
• Acts 11:20But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 8:5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

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