Oecumenius, on Heb 13:18

“Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well in all things.”

“"Pray for us." Because some were slandering the apostle, as teaching apostasy from the law, many of the Hebrews had a strong distaste toward him; therefore, Paul did not even place his name at the beginning of the letter, so that they would not find the name of Paul and then not read the letter. Therefore, he now defends himself to them. And first, he asks them to pray for him, as we are accustomed to ask from those who love us. Then he also shows himself to be innocent; for we are sure, he says, that we have a clear conscience; that is, we have done nothing with hypocrisy, but our conscience is clear, and we are not aware that we have plotted against you, or have done anything evil against you, or have slandered you. "desiring to act honorably in all things." That is, in all things, living without offense and without causing scandal; not proclaiming a departure from the law, as some slander, but rather transitioning from the letter and the shadow to the spirit and the truth (Jn. 4:24); which is not a departure, but rather a fulfillment and promotion of the law.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.