{By} (dia). The intermediate agents of the exhortation
(the Lord Jesus and the love of the Spirit) as dia is used
after parakal(935c) in  12:1 . {That ye strive together with me}
(sunag(936e)isasthai moi). First aorist middle infinitive of
sunag(936e)i zomai, old compound verb, only here in N.T., direct
object of parakal(935c), and with associative instrumental case
moi, the simplex ag(936e)izomenos, occurring in  Col 4:12  of the
prayers of Epaphras. For Christ's agony in prayer see  Mt 26:42  Lu 22:44 .