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I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.
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Prayer Affects Reality
The author earnestly believes the readers' prayers can overcome real-world obstacles and speed up his return. Commentators like Spurgeon and Henry stress that when a congregation prays for its leaders, it not only helps the leader but also brings greater spiritual benefit and success to the people themselves. This verse is a powerful testimony to the effectiveness of intercessory prayer.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 circu…
That I may be restored to you the sooner (ινα ταχειον αποκατασταθω υμιν). Purpose clause with ινα and the first aorist passive sub…
19th Century
Anglican
But I urge you.—Or rather, And I exhort you the more (literally, the more abundantly) to do this. All …
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Baptist
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do i…
The author underlines the importance of the readers’ doing as he asks. He “urges” (GK 4151) them “strongly” or “more abundantly” (NIV “particularly…
16th Century
Protestant
But I urge you, etc. He now adds another argument: that the prayers they would make for him would be profitable to them all as we…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I beseech you the rather to do this To pray earnestly; to strive together in their prayers for them, ([Reference…
We must, according to our power, give to the necessities of the souls and bodies of men: God will accept these offerings with pleasure, and will ac…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing them how to act regarding their deceased leaders—that is, by continuing in their teachings—the Apostle now shows how to act toward li…
