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;
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit х dia (G1223) ton (G3588) Kurion (G2962) heemoon (G2257) ... kai (G2532) dia (G1223) tees (G3588) agapees (G26) etc.-see Winer, 47. d.] - 'by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit;' not the love which the Spirit bears to us, but that love which he kindles in the hearts of believers toward each other: q.d., 'By that Saviour whose name is alike dear to all of us, and whose unsearchable riches I delight to proclaim, and by that love one to another which the blessed Spirit diffuses through all the brotherhood, making the labours of Christ's servants a matter of common interest to all, I beseech you'
That ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me - implying that he had his grounds for anxious fear in this matter.