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Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
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Prayer as a Shared Struggle
Commentators universally highlight that Paul's call to "strive together" uses a Greek word implying an intense, agonizing effort, like a wrestler in a contest. This is not a casual request but a call to join him in a spiritual battle. Scholars like Gill and Robertson compare this to Jacob wrestling with God or Christ's agony in Gethsemane, urging believers to pray with fervency and energy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake. Greek, By or through (dia) our Lord Jesus Christ. It means, probably, out of love and regard fo…
By (δια). The intermediate agents of the exhortation (the Lord Jesus and the love of the Spirit) as δια is used after παρακαλω in …
19th Century
Anglican
The love of the Spirit—that is, the love inspired in them by the Spirit—flowing from the Spirit.
Strive together wit…
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Baptist
For there were some saints in Jerusalem who were very narrow-minded, and who hardly thought it right to accept anything from Gentiles. They had not…
16th Century
Protestant
Now I implore you, etc. It is well known from many passages how much ill will Paul faced from his own nation because of false reports, as …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now I beseech you, brothers Having declared his intention of coming to them, and his confidence of it, he entreats a…
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Let us learn to value the effectual fervent prayers of the righteous. How careful we should be, so that we do not forfeit our share in the love and…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After excusing himself for the presumption that could have been ascribed to him for instructing and correcting the Romans, the Apostle no…
