2 TIMOTHY 1:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:”
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains — the contrasting example: Onesiphorus embodies fidelity, bringing refreshment (anapsyxis) despite Paul's imprisonment. His household merits divine mercy (eleos) for his courageous fidelity.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:16
Not by letters alone did Paul instruct his disciple in his duty, but before by words also which he shows, both in many other passages, as where he says, “whether by word or our Epistle” 2 Thessalonians 2:15, and especially here. Let us not therefore suppose that anything relating to doctrine was spoken imperfectly. For many things he delivered to him without writing. Of these therefore he reminds him, when he says, “Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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