2 Timothy 1:16 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.

2 Timothy 1:15 You are aware of this: that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

2 Timothy 1:17 but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

2 Timothy 1:18 the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "lord", "give", "house", "onesiphorus", "often", "refreshed", and "ashamed". 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 "You are aware of this that all..." into verse 17's "but when he was in Rome he...", 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.