2. Euodia and Syntyche were two women who seem to have been at
variance; probably deaconesses of the church. He repeats, "I beseech,"
as if he would admonish each separately, and with the utmost
impartiality.
in the Lord--the true element of Christian union; for those "in the
Lord" by faith to be at variance, is an utter inconsistency.
JFB.
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