more formal or official. In each case, however, the context determines the shade of meaning to be given in translation. In the present verse Paul uses parakaleō with no particular emphasis, except that it is placed at the beginning of the sentence and the section. Other ways to translate this phrase are “I strongly urge you,” “I beg you,” or “I say using strong words.” Brethren: as RSV shows, there is no “my” (TEV) in Greek. TEV supplies this for stylistic purposes, as it is good natural English