Philippians 1:15 - Exposition

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife . The Judaizing party, whom St. Paul censures in Philippians 3:2 , preached Christ, but not from pure motives. Like the writers of the pseudo-Clementines, they envied St. Paul, and in the wicked madness of the odium theologicum , they wished to distress St. Paul, to depreciate his preaching, and to exalt their own. And some also of good will . The word generally means God's good pleasure, as in Philippians 2:13 , but here simply good will, benevolence towards St. Paul.