Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Timothy 1:16
The family of Onesiphorus — As well as himself. Hath often refreshed me — Both at Ephesus and Rome.
The family of Onesiphorus — As well as himself. Hath often refreshed me — Both at Ephesus and Rome.
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 pas...
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...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PAUL'S PERSONAL WORD TO TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Paul's affectionate words and confidence (2 Timothy 1:1)_ 2. Difficulties and assurance (2 Timothy 1:6) 3. Holding the fo...
(_c_) 2 Timothy 1:15. A PERSONAL APPEAL._ The apostle's earlier disappointments_ form the third ground of appeal. All his Asian friends perhaps by withholding help in his captivity had proved disloyal...
AN APOSTLE'S GLORY AND AN APOSTLE'S PRIVILEGE (2 Timothy 1:1-7)...
You know this, that as a whole the people who live in Asia deserted me, and among the deserters are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord give mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refr...
UNTO. to. HOUSE. household. Onesiphorus must have recently died. REFRESHED. Greek _anapsucho._ Only here. Compare Acts 3:19. CHAIN. Compare Acts 28:20; Ephesians 6:20....
A Sad Warning and a Bright Example The connexion is: -Many faithless ones failed me; be thou faithful all the more: the faith and practice of an Onesiphorus may surely be thine....
_The Lord give mercy_ The phrase -give mercy" does not occur elsewhere in N.T. As the use of the word -mercy" with -grace and peace" in the salutation to Timothy in both epistles marks the special int...
ἘΠΑΙΣΧΎΝΘΗ. So אcACD2LP; א*K have ἐπῃσχύνθη of the rec. text, a natural grammatical correction of the true reading. 16. ΔΏΙΗ ἜΛΕΟΣ. This phrase only occurs here in the N.T.; we have ποιεῖν ἔλεος elsew...
THE LONELINESS OF ST PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF ONESIPHORUS...
ΔΦΗ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, дарить. Opt. выражает желание или молитву, ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милость (_см._ 2 Timothy 1:2). ΆΝΈΨΥΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΨΎΧΩ (G404) остужать, охлажда...
c. Onesiphorus 2 Timothy 1:15-18 _TEXT 1:15-18_ 15 This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 The Lord grant mercy unto the house of On...
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: THE LORD GIVE MERCY - as Onesiphorus had showed mercy. THE HOUSE OF ONESIPHORUS. He wa...
2 Timothy had been with the apostle in Rome, whence he was probably sent to Philippi (Php_2:19). The most loving and intimate relations existed between them, and Paul continually refers to him as his...
EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION AND EXHORTATIONS TO FAITHFULNESS 1, 2. Salutation. According to the promise of life] St. Paul declares himself appointed an Apostle with the view of his spreading the knowled...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER AND TO WHOM HE WROTE At the end of the book of Acts, the *apostle Paul was still in pri...
THE LORD GIVE MERCY UNTO THE HOUSE OF ONESIPHORUS. — In striking contrast to those false friends who turned away from him was one, also well known to Timothy, probably an Ephesian merchant. Onesiphoru...
CHAPTER 28 THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND HERMOGENES-THE DEVOTION OF ONESIPHORUS-PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. - 2 Timothy 1:15 WE have here one of the arguments which St. Paul makes use of in urging his...
δῴη ἔλεος, κ. τ. λ.: δίδωμι ἔλεος, like εὑρίσκω ἔλεος, is a Hebraism. See reff. The correlative, λαμβάνω ἔλεος occurs Hebrews 4:6. ποιεῖν ἔλεος μετά τινος (Luke 1:72; Luke 10:37;...
to 2 Timothy 2:2. The leading thoughts in this section are (_a_) the Day of reward and judgment which is surely coming (2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:18), (_b_) the unreasonableness therefore of cowardl...
“HOLD THE PATTERN OF SOUND WORDS” 2 Timothy 1:12 How striking Paul's reference to the double committal, as if there had been an agreed exchange between his Master and himself! Paul had handed over to...
The second letter to Timothy was written from prison. Paul, conscious of the evil existing in the Church, forecast the terrible days that were coming. He was conscious also of the grave responsibility...
AN INJUNCTION TO STEADFASTNESS The apostle urged Timothy to hold tight to the “pattern of sound words.” The word translated "pattern" is the Greek word hupo-tuposis. Joseph Thayer, in his Greek-Englis...
_Onesiphorus. This person, also an inhabitant of Asia, seems to have supplied St. Paul with necessaries, as well at Rome during his confinement, as at Ephesus. Timothy being with St. Paul at the latte...
(14) That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. (15) В¶ This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
16_May the Lord grant mercy _From this prayer we infer, that the good offices done to the saints are not thrown away, even though they cannot recompense them; for, when he prays to God to reward them,...
The Second Epistle to Timothy has a very peculiar character. It is the expression of his heart, who out side Palestine had, under God, founded and built the assembly of God on earth, and it was writte...
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;...
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: Ver. 16. _He oft refreshed me_] Gr. ανεψυξε, poured cold water upon me, as that angel did...
_This thou knowest_ Of this thou hast received information; _that all they which are in Asia_ He appears to mean those of Asia who were known to him by a profession of Christianity, and who had attend...
ONESIPHORUS; a Christian of Asia, chap 2 Timothy 4:19. REFRESHED ME; supplied my wants. MY CHAIN; by which he was bound to the soldier who kept him. Compare Acts 28:16....
PAUL'S SORROWFUL AND CHEERFUL EXPERIENCES. 2 Timothy 1:15...
THE LORD GIVE MERCY UNTO THE HOUSE OF ONESIPHORUS; FOR HE OFT REFRESHED ME, AND WAS NOT ASHAMED OF MY CHAIN,...
Despite the fact of his heart being so drawn out in this epistle, Paul writes as "an apostle," not as a servant, nor even as a brother. Does this not stress the strongly authoritative character of tha...
15-18 The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he oft refreshed him with his letters, and counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A good man will seek to do good. The day of dea...
THE LORD GIVE MERCY UNTO THE HOUSE OF ONESIPHORUS; whether Onesiphorus was at this time alive, or not, is very doubtful, for he only prays for his family in this text, and saluteth them only, 2 TIMOTH...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians me, as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ shall also refresh[20] Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians me, and "hath not been ashamed of my chain,"[24] Origen...
2 Timothy 1:16 Lord G2962 grant G1325 (G5630) mercy G1656 household G3624 Onesiphorus G3683 for G3754 he G404 oft
2 Timothy 1:16. THE LORD GIVE MERCY TO THE HOUSE OF ONESIPHORUS. Now we see what train of thought has led to the mention of these names. Timothy is to look on this picture and on that, and to ask hims...
GRANT MERCY (δωιη ελεος). The phrase nowhere else in the N.T. Second aorist active optative of διδωμ, the usual form being δοιη. This is the usual construction in a wish about the future.UNTO THE H...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,_ Paul takes high ground. He is not an apostle by the will of the Church...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the...
CONTENTS: Apostolic greetings and exhortations to Timothy. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Eunice, Phygelus, Hermogenes, Onesiphorus. CONCLUSION: The best of Christ's servants ne...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus._ On this promise of eternal life the whole system of revelation is built; for this cause Paul was made an apostle, that...
ONESIPHORUS. Paul prays for this brother's family in this _verse,_ and for him in 2 Timothy 1:18. Both _Johnson_ and _MacKnight_ think he was still living at this time. But he may also be in prison, w...
_The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus._ ONESIPHORUS OF EPHESUS The man who now steps upon the scene does not reappear. One Epistle only mentions him, and in the Acts his very name is unr...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 1:15. TURNED AWAY FROM ME.—This does not mean that they had departed from the place where he was, but that they had turned away their faces from him. 2 Timo...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 _Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _the life _for _life, _A.V. The life is a little clearer than _life, _as showing that "life" (not "promise") is the antecede...
Vers. 16, 17. There was, however, a noble exception to this faint-hearted procedure: _The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he ofttimes refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain...
Shall we turn now to second Timothy? This is the last epistle that Paul wrote. He is again in prison in Rome. It would seem that he was released from the first imprisonment and allowed a little more t...
1 Corinthians 16:18; 2 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 1:8;...
Onesiphorus. Mentioned again, chapter 2 Timothy 4:19. Refreshed [α ν ε ψ υ ζ ε ν]. N. T. o. Several times in LXX; often in Class. Anayuxiv refreshing, Acts 3:19; and katayucein to cool, Luke 16:24. Or...
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A CHRISTIAN 2 Timothy 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is a mistake to imagine that those who walk with Christ will find a level pathway without any valley or any mountain top, a path...
Our apostle having complained of many in Asia forsaking him, in the day of his sufferings in the foregoing verse; in this, he makes. grateful commemoration of the kindness of Onesiphorus towards him,...