2 Timothy 1:16 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:14 Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.

2 Timothy 1:15 Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;

2 Timothy 1:17 but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found [me]

2 Timothy 1:18 the Lord grant to him to find mercy from [the] Lord in that day and how much service he rendered in Ephesus *thou* knowest best.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "lord", "grant", "house", "onesiphorus", "often", "refreshed", and "been". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "Thou knowest this that all who are..." into verse 17's "but being in Rome sought me out...", so "mercy" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mercy" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.