John Chrysostom : "But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner." His thus praying was the act of one who loved them greatly, and that not simply, but with all earnestness, that so, he says, I may come to you speedily. The earnest desire to come to them is the mark of one conscious to himself of nothing wrong, also the entreating them to pray for him. — Homily on Hebrews 34 Oecumenius : "I urge you to do this more sincerely." What is this? To pray for us. This was something they greatly loved, to want to pray for them sincerely and with all diligence, so that they might quickly be restored. "in order that I may be restored to you sooner." This was said because Paul had a good conscience, wanting to persuade them in person; which he would not have done if he were aware of any wrongdoing in himself. — The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews