I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

Euodias and Syntyche were two women at variance; probably deaconesses or persons of influence (). He repeats "I beseech," as if he would admonish each separately with impartiality, both being equally to blame.

In the Lord - the element of Christian union: for those "in the Lord" to be at variance is an utter inconsistency.

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