2 Timothy 1:16

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 - The family of Onesiphorus - for so the word house is often used. He was himself still living 2Ti 1:18, but not improbably then absent from his home;…

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 pastor, nor of the…

Having (Ti2 1:13, Ti2 1:14) exhorted Timothy to hold fast,

I. He mentions the apostasy of many from the doctrine of Christ, Ti2 1:15. It seems, in the best and purest ages of the church, there were…

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…