2 Timothy 1:17

Christian Standard Bible ®

On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

Legacy Standard Bible
but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

Simplified Cowboy Version
He even came all the way to Rome to find me. He searched every draw and coolie around until he found me. May the Lord give him a special reward for the kindness he showed, not just here in Rome, but also in Ephesus.

Bible in Basic English
But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

Darby Translation
but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found [me]—

World English Bible
but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when he was at Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me.

Weymouth's New Testament
Nay, when he was here in Rome, he took great pains to inquire where I was living, and at last he found me.

King James Version (1611)
But when he was in Rome, hee sought mee out very diligently, and found me.

Literal Translation
but having come to Rome, he more diligently sought and found me .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but whan he was at Rome he soughte me out very diligently, and founde me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but when he was at Rome, he enquired for me very diligently, and found me.

Amplified Bible
but [instead] when he reached Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

American Standard Version
but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

Revised Standard Version
but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me--

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
but when he was at Rome he sought me out very diligently and founde me.

Update Bible Version
but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

Webster's Bible Translation
But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found [me].

Young's Literal Translation
but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

New Century Version
When he came to Rome, he looked eagerly for me until he found me.

New English Translation
But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me.

Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.

Contemporary English Version
Then after he arrived in Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me.

Complete Jewish Bible
On the contrary, when he came to Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

English Standard Version
but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me—

Geneva Bible (1587)
But when he was at Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

George Lamsa Translation
But when he was in Rome, he searched for me diligently, and found me.

Hebrew Names Version
but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

International Standard Version
Instead, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me and found me.

Etheridge Translation
But when also he came to Ruma, with diligence he sought me, and found me.

Murdock Translation
But also, when he came to Rome, he sought for me with diligence, and found me.

New King James Version
but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me.

New Living Translation
When he came to Rome, he searched everywhere until he found me.

New Life Bible
When he came to Rome, he looked everywhere until he found me.

English Revised Version
but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

New Revised Standard
when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, happening to be in Rome, he diligently sought out and found me, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But when he was come to Rome, he carefully sought me and found me.

King James Version
But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

Lexham English Bible
but when he was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But whe he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and founde [me].

Easy-to-Read Version
No, he was not ashamed. When he came to Rome, he looked and looked for me until he found me.

New American Standard Bible
but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

Good News Translation
but as soon as he arrived in Rome, he started looking for me until he found me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne he cam to Rome, he souyte me bisili, and foond.

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.

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Cross-References

Genesis 9:13
I have placed My bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

Job 38:12
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Psalms 8:1

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Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.

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

Acts 13:47
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth. "

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But when he was in Rome,.... Upon some business or another, where the apostle was a prisoner:

he sought me out very diligently, and found me; as there might be many prisons in Rome, he went from one to another, till he found him; and was one of those to whom Christ will say hereafter, "I was in prison and ye came unto me", Matthew 25:36 or the reason of his going from place to place in quest of him was this; the apostle was not in any particular place of confinement, but had a lodging where he was kept by a soldier, and which with some difficulty Onesiphorus found out: the manner of his bonds was this; he had a long chain fastened at one end to his right arm, and at the other to the left arm of the soldier that kept him, who constantly attended him in this form, wherever he went; and it is possible that in this way he might have liberty to go about and visit his friends; and this might still make it more difficult for Onesiphorus to find him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But when he was in Rome - What was the employment of Onesiphorus is not known. It may have been that he was a merchant, and had occasion to visit Rome on business. At all events, he was at pains to search out the apostle, and his attention was the more valuable because it cost him trouble to find him. It is not everyone, even among professors of religion, who in a great and splendid city would be at the trouble to search out a Christian brother, or even a minister, who was a prisoner, and endeavor to relieve his sorrows. This man, so kind to the great apostle, will be among those to whom the Saviour will say, at the final judgment, “I was in prison, and ye came unto me;” Matthew 25:36.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. When he was in Rome — Onesiphorus was no doubt an Asiatic, (probably an Ephesian, see below,) who had frequent business at Rome; and when he came sought out the apostle, who, it is supposed, had been confined in some close and private prison, (see the preface,) so that it was with great difficulty he could find him out. This man had entertained the apostle when he was at Ephesus, and now he sought him out at Rome. Pure love feels no loads. Here was a true friend, one that sticketh closer than a brother.