2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Peter 1:10, 15; 3:14). Believers cannot experience unity without the presence of the Holy Spirit, and neither can they maintain unity without allowing the Spirit to work in their lives. The Greek word translated endeavoring or “make every effort” is spoudazontes. The Greek word has no sense of the possibility of failure (“just try, even though you might fail”). The word conveys the idea of working toward something difficult with a determination to make it happen. Paul knew that