2 Timothy 1:16

Contextual Overview

¹⁵You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵ You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵ You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵You are aware of this: that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵You know everyone who rode with me from the province of Asia has turned tail and run, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵ You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes: ¹⁵ Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me. ¹⁵ This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵ This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁵ This thou knowest, that all who are in Asia are turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

Bible Verse Review
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Lord: 2 Timothy 1:18, Nehemiah 5:19, Nehemiah 13:14, Nehemiah 13:22, Nehemiah 13:31, Psalms 18:25, Psalms 37:26, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42, Matthew 25:35-40, 2 Corinthians 9:12-14, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 10:34

the house: 2 Timothy 4:19

refreshed: 1 Corinthians 16:18, Philemon 1:7, Philemon 1:20

and was: 2 Timothy 1:8

my: Acts 28:20, Ephesians 6:20, *marg.

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:13 - deliver Joshua 2:12 - that ye will Joshua 2:18 - thy father Ruth 1:8 - the Lord Ruth 2:20 - Blessed 1 Samuel 15:6 - ye showed 2 Samuel 2:6 - the Lord 2 Samuel 9:7 - for I will 2 Samuel 15:20 - mercy 2 Kings 4:13 - thou hast Job 29:13 - The blessing Psalms 119:46 - will not Psalms 119:124 - Deal Psalms 141:5 - for yet my Proverbs 10:6 - Blessings Jeremiah 39:17 - I will Matthew 25:17 - he also Matthew 25:36 - I was in Mark 8:38 - ashamed Luke 16:9 - Make Acts 12:6 - bound Romans 1:16 - I am Romans 15:32 - and may 2 Corinthians 7:13 - because 2 Corinthians 9:14 - by 2 Corinthians 11:23 - in prisons Ephesians 3:1 - the Colossians 4:3 - for 2 Timothy 2:9 - I suffer Hebrews 10:33 - whilst Hebrews 11:36 - bonds Hebrews 13:3 - them that

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.

Genesis 1:7
So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Genesis 1:7
God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:7
So God made the space and separated the water. Some of the water was above it, and some of the water was below it.

Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and departide the watris that weren vndur the firmament fro these watris that weren on the firmament; and it was don so.

Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus,.... Who seems to have been one of Asia, and of Ephesus, and is an exception from the general apostasy, or from those that turned away from the apostle; and therefore he prays that the Lord would show mercy to his family; that he would give regenerating grace and mercy to such of them as were without it, or pardoning grace and mercy, or the great mercy of eternal life and salvation by Christ; and this doubtless was a prayer in faith, upon the promises of God, and upon instances and examples, in which God has remarkably shown mercy to the families of good men, who have faithfully served him, and abode in his interest in times of trouble; thus the house of Obed Edom was blessed for the sake of the ark, that was taken care of by them; the reasons of this prayer and good wishes follow:

for he oft refreshed me; both with his Christian visits, and spiritual conversation, which to the apostle, in the heat of his affliction and persecution, were like a fan in hot weather, cooling and reviving, as the word signifies; and also by supplying him with the necessaries of life, as food and raiment, or money to purchase them with. He answered to his name, which signifies, "one that brings profit": he is said to be one of the seventy disciples;

:- and afterwards to be bishop of Corone:

and was not ashamed of my chain; the Syriac version adds, "with which I am bound"; in which he lay, or by which he was held, and led by a soldier; see Acts 28:16. Onesiphorus was not ashamed of the apostle, though he was bound with a chain; nor was he ashamed of the cause for which he suffered: and the apostle proposes him to Timothy, as an example worthy of imitation, in those times of defection. See 2 Timothy 1:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus - The family of Onesiphorus - for so the word house is often used. He was himself still living 2 Timothy 1:18, but not improbably then absent from his home; compare the notes at 2 Timothy 4:19. He was evidently of Asia, and is the only one who is mentioned from that region who had showed the apostle kindness in his trials. He is mentioned only in this Epistle, and nothing more is known of him. The record is entirely honorable to him, and for his family the apostle felt a warm interest on account of the kindness which he had showed to him in prison. The ecclesiastical traditions also state that he was one of the seventy disciples, and was ultimately Bishop of Corone. But there is no evidence of this. There is much force in the remark of the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, that “the pretended lists of the 70 disciples seem to have been made out on the principle of including all the names incidentally mentioned in the sacred books, and not otherwise appropriated.”

For he oft refreshed me - That is, showed me kindness, and ministered to my needs.

And was not ashamed of my chain - Was not ashamed to be known as a friend of one who was a prisoner on account of religion. Paul was bound with a chain when a prisoner at Rome; Philippians 1:13-14, Philippians 1:16; Colossians 4:3, Colossians 4:18; Philemon 1:10; see the notes at Acts 28:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. The Lord give mercy — Onesiphorus had acknowledged him, and continued to do so; he, and his house, or family, ministered to him in prison, and were not ashamed of their imprisoned pastor, nor of the cause for which he was in disgrace and suffering. As he showed mercy to the apostle, the apostle prays the Lord to show mercy to him.