Romans 15:30

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Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

Paul asks for their prayers … not because he deserves them but because he is following the principle that the church ought to pray for its pastor. For when many ordinary people come together and agree they become great, and the prayers of many cannot be ignored. Therefore, if the Romans want to see the apostle, let them pray earnestly that he may be set free so that they may receive him in the joy of brotherly love. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Gregory The Dialogist

AD 604

And again: "Now I beseech you, brethren, for our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and by the love of the Spirit."

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Here Paul mentions Christ and the Spirit but not the Father. I say this so that when you find him mentioning the Father and the Son or just the Father you will not devalue either the Son or the Spirit on that account. Note that he does not just say the Spirit but “the love of the Spirit,” for the Spirit loves the world just as Christ and the Father do also.

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