Hebrews 13:19 (GNV)

Passage

And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

Hebrews 13:18 Pray for vs: for we are assured that we haue a good conscience in all things, desiring to liue honestly.

Hebrews 13:19 And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

Hebrews 13:20 The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant,

Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Pray for vs for we are assured..." into verse 20's "The God of peace that brought againe...", so "desire" and "somewhat" 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 "desire" and "somewhat" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.