I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
Ver. 2. I beseech Euodias] A couple of disagreeing sisters, whom the apostle seeketh to reconcile, and it was a wonder if they could resist his rhetoric. Oh that I could but once find you together one (saith Austin of the differences between Jerome and Ruffinus); I would fall down at your feet with much love and many tears; I would beseech you for yourselves, and one another, and for weak Christians' sake who are offended thereat, you would not suffer these dissensions to spread, &c. Hei mihi qui vos alicubi reperire non possum, &c.