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Rom 15:30. Κυρίου, Lord) He exhorts them by the name of the Lord; comp. by [for] the love, immediately after.-ἀγάπης, love) The love of the Spirit is most widely extended; it brings home [it makes a matter of interest] to thee, even what might seem to belong to another.-συναγωνίζεσθαί μοι, to strive with me) He himself must pray, who wishes others to pray with him, Act 8:24; Act 8:22. Prayer is a striving, or contest, especially when men resist. Paul is the only one of the apostles, who asks for himself the prayers of believers. He does this moreover generally at the conclusion of his epistles, but not indiscriminately so in all. For he does not so write to those, whom he treats as sons, with the dignity of a father, or even with severity, for example, Timothy, Titus, the Corinthians, the Galatians, as he does to those, whom he treats as his equals with the deferential regard of a brother, for example, the Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians (with whom he had not been), and therefore so also the Romans and likewise the Hebrews. It [the request for their prayers] is introduced with great elegance at 2Co 1:11; Php 1:19; Phm 1:22.