Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. New Living Translation May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ’s return. And you know very well how helpful he was in Ephesus. English Standard Version may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus. Berean Standard Bible May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus. Berean Literal Bible May the Lord grant unto him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And you know very well how much he served in Ephesus. King James Bible The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. New King James Version The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day—and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that [great] day. You know very well how many things he did for me and what a help he was at Ephesus [you know better than I can tell you]. Christian Standard Bible May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from him on that day. You know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus. Holman Christian Standard Bible May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus. American Standard Version (the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. Aramaic Bible in Plain English May our Lord grant that he find mercy with our Lord in that day; and how that he ministered to me, especially in Ephesaus, you know. Contemporary English Version I pray that the Lord Jesus will ask God to show mercy to Onesiphorus on the day of judgment. You know how much he helped me in Ephesus. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest. English Revised Version (the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. GOD'S WORD® Translation May the Lord grant that Onesiphorus finds mercy when that day comes. You know very well that he did everything possible to help me in Ephesus. Good News Translation May the Lord grant him his mercy on that Day! And you know very well how much he did for me in Ephesus. International Standard Version May the Lord grant that he finds mercy on the day he comes again. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus. Literal Standard Version may the LORD give to him to find kindness from the LORD in that day; and you very well know how much he ministered in Ephesus. Majority Standard Bible May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus. New American Bible May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus. NET Bible May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. New Revised Standard Version —may the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well how much service he rendered in Ephesus. New Heart English Bible (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well. Webster's Bible Translation The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. Weymouth New Testament And you yourself well know all the services which he rendered me in Ephesus. World English Bible (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well. Young's Literal Translation may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hold to Sound Teaching…17Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me. 18May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus. Cross References Acts 18:19 When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews. Acts 18:21 But as he left, he said, "I will come back to you if God is willing." And he set sail from Ephesus. Acts 19:1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples 1 Corinthians 1:8 He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man's work. 1 Timothy 1:3 As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day. Treasury of Scripture The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, you know very well. that he. 2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 1 Kings 17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? Matthew 25:34-40 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: … mercy. Psalm 130:3,4 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? … Luke 1:72,78 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; … Romans 3:23,24 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; … in that. 2 Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ministered. Luke 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. 2 Corinthians 9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Ephesus. 2 Timothy 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. Acts 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 1 Corinthians 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. Jump to Previous Best Ephesus Find Full Grant Helped Kindness Lord's Mercy Minister Ministered Rendered Served Service Services WaysJump to Next Best Ephesus Find Full Grant Helped Kindness Lord's Mercy Minister Ministered Rendered Served Service Services Ways2 Timothy 1 1. Paul's love to Timothy, and unfeigned confidence in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother.6. He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him; 8. to be steadfast and patient in persecution; 13. and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him. 15. Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commended. (18) The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day . . .--The Greek should be rendered here, favour of the Lord, instead of by "mercy of the Lord." Some commentators, who have found a difficulty in this unusual repetition of "the Lord," explain it thus: The expression, "the Lord grant," had become among Christians so completely "a formulary," that the second use of the word "Lord" was not noticed; and the prayer is thus-simply equivalent to "O that he may find mercy of the Lord." It seems, however, better to keep to the strict. literal meaning, and to understand the first "Lord," in the sense in which the term is always found in the Epistles of St. Paul, as a title of Christ; and the second "Lord" as used of the Father, to whom here (as in Romans 2:5; Romans 2:16; Hebrews 12:23), judgment at the last day is ascribed. In that day.--The Apostle can never repay now--not even with thanks--the kindness his dead friend showed him in his hour of need; so he prays that the Judge of quick and dead may remember it in the awful day of judgment. It is worthy of note how St. Paul's thoughts here pass over the interval between death and judgment. It was on that day when the great white throne would be set up that he thought of the good deeds done in the body being recompensed by the righteous Judge. No doubt the expectation of the early Christians--in which expectation certainly St. Paul shared--of the speedy coming of the Lord influenced all thinking and speaking of the intermediate state of the soul between death and judgment, and almost seems to have effaced the waiting time from their minds. And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.--These services rendered to St. Paul at Ephesus are placed side by side with those things he had done for him at Rome, but as they are mentioned after, they perhaps refer to kind offices undertaken for the prisoner by Onesiphorus after his return from Rome to Ephesus. These things Timothy, the presiding pastor at Ephesus, would, of course, know in their detail better than St. Paul. The Greek word ?????????, rendered "he ministered," has given rise to the suggestion that Onesiphorus was a deacon at Ephesus. Although this is possible, still such an inference from one rather general expression is precarious. This passage is famous from its being generally quoted among the very rare statements of the New Testament which seem to bear upon the question of the Romish doctrine of praying for the dead. It may be well very briefly to touch on two points which suggest themselves as to the bearing of this passage on the doctrine in question. (1) Although we here, in common with Roman Catholic interpreters and the majority of the later expositors of the Reformed Church, assume that Onesiphorus was dead when St. Paul wrote to Timothy, and that the words used had reference to St. Paul's dead friend, still it must be remembered that others, well worthy of being heard, writing many centuries before any doctrinal controversy on this subject arose, have held quite another opinion. Theodoret and Chrysostom (quoted by Alford) understood that Onesiphorus was with St. Paul at this time. (2) The prayer, whether it be taken as a prayer or an ejaculation, is simply the expression of an earnest desire, on the part of St. Paul, that the kind act of the dead--assuming, contrary to the opinion of the above quoted Fathers, that he was dead--Onesiphorus towards himself may be remembered on that day when the books are opened before the Judge of quick and dead. It, indeed, only asks--looking fairly at the context--that an act of unrequited and devoted love shown in this life may be remembered in the final judgment. Without touching upon the controversy itself, it seems only just to point out the extreme precariousness of pressing this text--the only one in the New Testament really touching on this subject, and as to the interpretation of which expositors, as we have seen, are by no means in agreement--in support of a controverted doctrine. Verse 18. - To find for that he may find, A.V.; ministered for ministered unto me, A.V. (The Lord grant unto him). The parenthesis seems only to be required on the supposition that the words δῴη αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος εὑρεῖν ἔλεος κ.τ.λ.., are a kind of play on the εῦρεν of the preceding verse. Otherwise it is better to take the words as a new sentence. The repetition of "the Lord" is remarkable, but nothing seems to hang upon it. The second παρὰ Κυίου seems to suppose the Lord sitting on the judgment throne. As regards the amount of encouragement given by this passage to prayers for the dead (supposing Onesiphorus to have been dead), the mere expression of a pious wish or hope that he may find mercy is a very slender foundation on which to build the superstructure of prayer and Masses for the deliverance of souls from purgatory. In how many things, etc. St. Paul does not say, as the A.V. makes him say, that Onesiphorus "ministered unto him" at Ephesus. It may have been so, but the words do not necessarily mean this. "What good service he did at Ephesus" would faithfully represent the Greek words; and this might describe great exertions made by Onesiphorus after his return from Rome to procure the apostle's acquittal and release by the intercession of the principal persons at Ephesus. This would, of course, be known to Timothy. It may, however, describe the ministerial labours and services of Onesiphorus at Ephesus after his return from Rome, or it may refer to former ministrations when Paul and Timothy were at Ephesus together (see Introduction). There seem to be no materials for arriving at absolute certainty on the point.
Greek {May} theὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord Κύριος (Kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. grant Δῴη (Dōē) Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. [Onesiphorus] αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. [His] Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. mercy ἔλεος (eleos) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 1656: Pity, mercy, compassion. Of uncertain affinity; compassion. on ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. that ἐκείνῃ (ekeinē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. day. ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. You σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. know γινώσκεις (ginōskeis) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. very well βέλτιον (beltion) Adverb - Comparative Strong's 957: Better; adv: very well. Neuter of a compound of a derivative of ballo; better. how much ὅσα (hosa) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3745: How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As. he ministered [to me] διηκόνησεν (diēkonēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1247: From diakonos; to be an attendant, i.e. Wait upon (figuratively) teacher; technically, to act as a Christian deacon. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Ephesus. Ἐφέσῳ (Ephesō) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2181: Ephesus, a coast city, capital of the Roman province Asia. Probably of foreign origin; Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor. Links 2 Timothy 1:18 NIV2 Timothy 1:18 NLT 2 Timothy 1:18 ESV 2 Timothy 1:18 NASB 2 Timothy 1:18 KJV 2 Timothy 1:18 BibleApps.com 2 Timothy 1:18 Biblia Paralela 2 Timothy 1:18 Chinese Bible 2 Timothy 1:18 French Bible 2 Timothy 1:18 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Timothy 1:18 The Lord grant to him to find (2 Tim. 2Ti iiTi ii Tim) |
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