The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.
OJBBut those other ones preach Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach out of anochiyut (selfishness), not with a lev tahor (pure in heart) motive, lu yetzuuyar (assuming) by means of my sharsherot to stir up tzoros.
TCENT[1:16]The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but intending to add affliction to me in my imprisonment.
T4TOthers proclaim the message about Christ because they envy me and oppose me. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They wrongly assume that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result, I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] here.