But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
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Gill's Exposition
But I beseech you the rather to do this,.... To pray earnestly; to strive together in their prayers for them, Rom 15:30
that I may be restored to you the sooner: Christ's ministers are sometimes…
Barnes' Notes
That I may be restored to you the sooner - It is here clearly implied that the writer was deterred from visiting them by some adverse circumstances over which he had no control. This might be either…
Adam Clarke
The rather to do this - That is, pray for us, that, being enabled to complete the work which God has given us here to do, we may be the sooner enabled to visit you. It is evident, from this, that the…
Here, I. The apostle recommends himself, and his fellow-sufferers, to the prayers of the Hebrew believers (Heb 13:18): "Pray for us; for me and Timothy" (mentioned Heb 13:23), "and for all those of us…
Cambridge Bible
that I may be restored to you the sooner So St Paul in Phm 1:22. We are unable to conjecture the circumstances which for the present prevented the writer from visiting them. It is clear from the word…