I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
Epaphras [lovely], who is [one] of you, a slave of Moshiach [Messiah], salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that you2f may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God-The Father.
Now I beseech (to call upon; appeal; beg) you, brethren, for the Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah]’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit [Ruach], that you2f strive together with me in [your] prayers to God-The Father for me;
For I would that you2f knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea [justice of the people], and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.