Hebrews 13:19 (DRB)

Passage

And I beseech you the more to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:17 Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.

Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well in all things.

Hebrews 13:19 And I beseech you the more to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Hebrews 13:20 And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament,

Hebrews 13:21 Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beseech", "restored", and "sooner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beseech" and "restored", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Pray for us For we trust we..." into verse 20's "And may the God of peace who...", so "beseech" and "restored" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "beseech" and "restored" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.