which may mean either ‘reasonable’ (the service of obedient lives is the only reasonable or logical response to the grace of God)1
New Living Trans - I plead with you.
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Verb: παρακαλέω (parakaleō), GK 4151 (S 3870), 109×. parakaleō variously means “to ask, summons, exhort, comfort, or encourage” (see exhort, comfort). Within the Synoptic Gospels, parakaleō means “to ask, implore, summons.” The contexts of this imploring are often the needy who come to Jesus with their requests (Mt 8:5, 31; 18:29; Lk 15:28).
