Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 15:30

30. Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christs sake , and for the love of the Spirit , that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me .

In the Conclusion, he commends himself to their Prayers. This is usual with him, in his other Epistles, vid. Eph. 6.18. Col. 4.3. 2 Thes. 3.1. Heb. 13.18.

q. d. If not for my sake, yet for his sake, who is most dear to you.

q. d. If you love the Spirit of God: Or rather if the Grace of Love be wrought in you by the Spirit, shew it in this thing. This pathetical way of speaking is frequent with this Apostle, vid. chap. 12.1. Phil. 2.1.

That you strive, as those that be in an Agony; It is a Military word: He bespeaks their earnest and importunate Prayers in his behalf. Iacob prayed after this manner, so did Elijah and Epaphras, Col. 4.12. He Prayed himself, and he desired them to joyn with him, and help him; as Aaron and Hur helped Moses.

Marginal references: 1 Cor. 1.11.