2 Timothy 1:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 [a]May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus(A) because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains. 17 But when he came to Rome, he promptly searched for me and found me. 18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord[b] on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus.(B)
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- 1:16–18 The family of Onesiphorus because he…of my chains: Onesiphorus seems to have died before this letter was written. His family is mentioned twice (here and in 2 Tm 4:19), though it was Onesiphorus himself who was helpful to Paul in prison and rendered much service to the community of Ephesus. Because the apostle complains of abandonment by all in Asia during his second imprisonment and trial, the assistance of Onesiphorus seems to have been given to Paul during his first Roman imprisonment (A.D. 61–63).
- 1:18 Lord…Lord: the first “Lord” here seems to refer to Christ, the second “Lord” to the Father.
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