V. 19.— But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. He had requested in general to have their prayers, and he desires them for a specific purpose, that he might be the sooner restored to them. He was exposed to many dangers. He was exposed to deaths oft, 2 Corinthians 11:23; and in many perils, ver. 26; and he desires the prayers of his brethren that he may be the sooner restored to them. Amidst all his varied and extensive labours he always felt peculiar interest in his countrymen, and appears glad of an opportunity of seeing and conversing with them.