这有何妨呢？
如果听说一个曾经的牧师如今在监牢里，你会很不解。发生什么事了？他是不是做了什么可怕的事？腓立比会众也听说保罗被下在监里，因此保罗要使他们安心，说他之所以在那里，是因为分享关于耶稣的好消息这一使命。
另外保罗还加了一个鼓励：因着他为基督成为囚徒，福音被更加传开了！这是好事，但有个问题：其中有些传讲者怀着非常错误、自私的动机。由于某些原因，他们敌对保罗，尽管他们也在传讲福音。或许嫉妒驱使他们想把聚光灯照在自己身上。这样一点都不诚实，也不像基督。
然而保罗是怎样回应的呢？“这有何妨呢？”他写道。真的吗？！有些人怀着自私的动机传福音，这难道不困扰他吗？很显然没有。为什么呢？因为保罗为耶稣和救恩的好消息而癫狂。所以如果基督被传开并且信息正确，哈里路亚！
这个令人难以置信的真理对我们所有人来说都有挑战。我们有没有爱耶稣到可以放下其它忧虑的程度？即使我们不喜欢某个牧师，是否因为福音到底被分享了而兴奋不已呢？这真的很不容易。但靠着神的恩典，保罗产生了这种观念。我们也同样能做到。
主啊，求使我们充满对祢和对福音的热爱；帮助我们随时随地庆祝祢的话语被传开。阿们。
腓立比书 1:12-18
12 弟兄们，我愿意你们知道，我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺，
13 以致我受的捆锁在御营全军和其余的人中，已经显明是为基督的缘故；
14 并且那在主里的弟兄，多半因我受的捆锁就笃信不疑，越发放胆传神的道，无所惧怕。
15 有的传基督是出于嫉妒纷争，也有的是出于好意。
16 这一等是出于爱心，知道我是为辩明福音设立的；
17 那一等传基督是出于结党，并不诚实，意思要加增我捆锁的苦楚。
18 这有何妨呢？或是假意，或是真心，无论怎样，基督究竟被传开了。为此我就欢喜，并且还要欢喜。
What Does It Matter?
"What does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice." — Philippians 1:18
If you hear that a former pastor is in prison, you get concerned. What happened? Did he do something terrible? The Philippians had heard that Paul was in prison, so Paul reassured them that he was there because of his mission to share the good news about Jesus.
And to that Paul added an encouragement: the gospel was being preached more as a result of his being a prisoner for Christ! That was good news, but there was a flipside: some of those preachers had some very wrong, selfish motivations. For some reason they preached against Paul even as they preached the gospel. Maybe envy drove them to try to turn the spotlight onto themselves. That wasn’t honest or Christlike at all.
But how did Paul respond to that? “What does it matter?” he wrote. Really?! Didn’t it bother him that some were preaching out of selfish ambition? Apparently not. Why? Because Paul was head over heels in love with Jesus and the good news of salvation. So if Christ was being preached and the message rang true, hallelujah!
That jaw-dropping truth is a challenge for us all. Do we love Jesus so much that we can let other concerns drop? Even if we don’t like a certain preacher, are we excited enough about the gospel to rejoice that it is being shared anyway? That’s a tough one. But by grace Paul achieved that mindset. We can too.
Fill us with love for you and for your gospel, Lord. Help us to celebrate wherever and whenever your Word is preached. Amen.
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