Roma 15:30-32

15:30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, ¹  through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf. 15:31 Pray ²  that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 15:32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Efesus 6:18

6:18 With every prayer and petition, pray ³  at all times in the Spirit, and to this end ⁴  be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

[15:30]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[15:31]  ² tn Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.

[6:18]  ³ tn Both “pray” and “be alert” are participles in the Greek text (“praying…being alert”). Both are probably instrumental, loosely connected with all of the preceding instructions. As such, they are not additional commands to do but instead are the means through which the prior instructions are accomplished.

[6:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “and toward it.”