2 Timothy 1:16

Christian Standard Bible ®

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

Legacy Standard Bible
The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

Simplified Cowboy Version
I pray the Lord will show favor and mercy to Onesiphorus. He is one of the few who has cared for me. He never boogered at the chains on my feet or the blood on my face.

Bible in Basic English
May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

Darby Translation
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;

World English Bible
May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The Lord give mercy to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

Weymouth's New Testament
May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for many a time he cheered me and he was not ashamed of my chain.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord giue mercie vnto the house of Onesiphorus, for hee oft refreshed mee, and was not ashamed of my chaine.

Literal Translation
May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me, and he was not ashamed of my chain,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE geue mercy vnto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refresshed me, and was not asshamed of my cheyne:

Mace New Testament (1729)
the Lord be favourable to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often reliev'd me, and was not asham'd of my chains:

Amplified Bible
The Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and showed me kindness [comforting and reviving me like fresh air] and he was not ashamed of my chains [for Christ's sake];

American Standard Version
The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

Revised Standard Version
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiph'orus, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of my chains,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The lorde geve mercie vnto the housse of Onesiphoros for he ofte refresshed me and was not a shamed of my chayne:

Update Bible Version
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and wasn't ashamed of my chain;

Webster's Bible Translation
The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

Young's Literal Translation
may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

New Century Version
May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, who has often helped me and was not ashamed that I was in prison.

New English Translation
May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

Berean Standard Bible
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

Contemporary English Version
I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus. He often cheered me up and wasn't ashamed of me when I was put in jail.

Complete Jewish Bible
May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he was often a comfort to me and was not ashamed of my being in prison.

English Standard Version
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord giue mercie vnto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chaine,

George Lamsa Translation
Let our LORD grant mercy to the house of On-e-siph''o-rus; for he has often refreshed me, and he was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment:

Hebrew Names Version
May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
Our Lord give mercies to the house of Onesiphoros, who many times hath refreshed me, and of the chains of my bonds hath not been ashamed.

Murdock Translation
May our Lord bestow mercy on the house of Onesiphorus; for, many times, he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment.

New King James Version
The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

New Living Translation
May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in chains.

New Life Bible
Onesiphorus was not ashamed of me in prison. He came often to comfort me. May the Lord show loving-kindness to his family.

English Revised Version
The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

New Revised Standard
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Lord grant mercy unto the house, of Onesiphorus, in that, ofttimes, hath he refreshed me, and, as regardeth my chain, hath not been put to shame,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain:

King James Version
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

Lexham English Bible
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my imprisonment,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne.

Easy-to-Read Version
I pray that the Lord will show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus. Many times Onesiphorus encouraged me. He was not ashamed that I was in prison.

New American Standard Bible
The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

Good News Translation
May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord yyue merci to the hous of Onesyforus, for ofte he refreischide me, and schamyde not my chayne.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. ¹⁷ On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me. ¹⁸ May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

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 the expanse. And it was so.

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." Evening came and then morning: the second day.

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years.

Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the array of heaven—do not be led astray to bow down and worship them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

Job 31:26
if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,

Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3
When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place,

Psalms 19:6
It rises from one end of the heavens and circles to their other end; nothing is hidden from its heat.

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.