Protestantism
English
I pray Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of one accord in the Lord,
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
I beseech Euodias and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche ⌞to be in agreement⌟1 in the Lord.
- Literally “to think the same thing”
I entreat Euodias, and I entreat Syntyche, to mind the same thing in the Lord.
I beg Euodia and Syntyche that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord;
I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to live in harmony, in union with the Lord;
I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to live in harmony, in union with the Lord;
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Master.
Euodia, I exhort, and, Syntche, I exhort,—on the same thing, to be resolved in the Lord:—
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to live in harmony, in union with the Lord;
I plead to Euodias, and plead to Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
Catholicism
English
I ask Euodia, and I beg Syntyche, to have the same understanding in the Lord.1
- 4:2On the spiritual level of meaning, this verse refers to the Great Schism between the West and much of the East. The Church in the West is the Latin Rite, and Euodia is a Latin name. But Syntyche is a Greek name. So Euodia is a figure for the West, and Syntyche is a figure for those Eastern Churches that went astray from the Faith. The Holy Spirit is using the historical disagreement between these two women (the Church is often represented under the figure of a Bride) to represent the Great Schism. And notice that the Spirit ‘asks’ Euodia (the West) but ‘begs’ Syntyche (the Eastern schismatice) indicating that it is the Eastern schismatics who have erred. This verse is the Holy Spirit asking for the healing of the Great Schism.(Conte)