“Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;”
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. — Parakaleo (I urge, entreat) dia tou Kyriou hēmōn (by our Lord) and dia tēs agapēs tou Pneumatos (by the love of the Spirit) to synagonizesthai (to struggle together with me, share the contest) moi (with me) in your proseuchais (prayers) to Theon (toward God) hyper emou (on my behalf). Prayer is collaborative spiritual warfare.
Church Fathers on Romans 15:30
“Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit.” Here he again puts forward Christ and the Spirit, and makes no mention whatever of the Father. And I say this, that when you find him mentioning the Father and the Son, or the Father only, you may not despise either the Son or the Spirit. And he does not say the Spirit, but “the love of the Spirit.” For as Christ loved the world, and as the Father does, so does the Spirit also.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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