I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) –

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.