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- Hebrews
- Chapter 13
- Verse 22
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
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Gill's Exposition
And I beseech you, brethren,.... The apostle closes his epistle to the Hebrews in a very tender and affectionate manner, calling them "brethren", as he often does; and speaking to them, not in an…
Barnes' Notes
Suffer the word of exhortation - Referring to the arguments and counsels in this whole Epistle, which is in fact a practical exhortation to perseverance in adhering to the Christian religion amidst…
Adam Clarke
Suffer the word of exhortation - Bear the word or doctrine of this exhortation. This seems to be an epithet of this whole epistle: and as the apostle had in it shown the insufficiency of the Levitical…
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
suffer the word of exhortation "Bear with the word of my exhortation." Comp. Act 13:15. This is a courteous apology for the tone of severity and authority which he has assumed.
for "for indeed," as in…
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