Textus Receptus:
τινες μεν και δια φθονον και εριν τινες δε και δι ευδοκιαν τον χριστον κηρυσσουσιν
King James:
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Comments:
preach Christ even of envy and strife: While this claim seems problematic, it is not. Simon Magus is a perfect example of someone who desired to become a preacher of Christ because of ill will. His story is in Acts 8:5-25. Others who preached Christ to create conflict or out of selfishness are described in 2 Peter 2:1-3. Nothing about the next verse implies that the envy and strife of this verse is good. Just as in Romans 6:1-2, the fact that God uses their sinfulness for good in no way implies that what they are doing is justifiable.
Paraphrase:
Some certainly preach about Christ through their malevolence and to bring about conflict, but some do it out of a desire for good.
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