2 Timothy 1:17

But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. VERY DILIGENTLY, [ spoudaioteroos (G4708)] - the more diligently as I was a prisoner. FOUND ME - after an anxious search, in a lonely prison. So in turn may he "find mercy of the Lord in that day" before the assembled universe....

15-18 The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he oft refreshed him with his letters, and counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A good man will seek to do good. The day of death and judgment is an awful day. And if we would have mercy then, we must seek for it now of the Lord. The best we can ask, for ourselves or our friends, is, that the Lord will grant that we and they may find mercy of the Lord, when called to pass out of time into eternity, and to appear before the judgment seat of Christ....

Verse 17. _WHEN HE WAS IN ROME_] Onesiphorus was no doubt an Asiatic, (probably an Ephesian, see below,) who had frequent business at Rome; and when he came sought out the apostle, who, it is supposed, had been confined in some _close_ and _private prison_, (see the _preface_,) so that it was with great difficulty he could find him out. This man had entertained the apostle when he was at Ephesus, and now he sought him out at Rome. Pure love feels no loads. Here was a true friend, one that sticketh closer than a brother....

BUT WHEN HE WAS IN ROME - What was the employment of Onesiphorus is not known. It may have been that he was a merchant, and had occasion to visit Rome on business. At all events, he was at pains to search out the apostle, and his attention was the more valuable because it cost him trouble to find him. It is not everyone, even among professors of religion, who in a great and splendid city would be at the trouble to search out a Christian brother, or even a minister, who was a prisoner, and endeavor to relieve his sorrows. This man, so kind to the great apostle, will be among those to whom the Saviour will say, at the final judgment, “I was in prison, and ye came unto me;” Matthew 25:36....

EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 _Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _the life _for _life, _A.V. The life is a little clearer than _life, _as showing that "life" (not "promise") is the antecedent to "which." ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE denotes the subject matter with which, as an apostle, he had to deal, viz. the promise of eternal life in Christ Jesus, and the end for which he was called, viz. to preach that promise (comp. Titus 1:2). 2 TIMOTHY 1:2 _Beloved child _for _dearly beloved son, _A.V.;_ peace _for _and peace, _A.V. MY BELOVED CHILD. In...

BUT WHEN HE WAS IN ROME,.... Upon some business or another, where the apostle was a prisoner: HE SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY, and found me; as there might be many prisons in Rome, he went from one to another, till he found him; and was one of those to whom Christ will say hereafter, "I was in prison and ye came unto me", Matthew 25:36 or the reason of his going from place to place in quest of him was this; the apostle was not in any particular place of confinement, but had a lodging where he was kept by a soldier, and which with some difficulty Onesiphorus found out: the manner of his bonds was this; he had a long chain fastened at one end to his right arm, and at the other to the left arm of the soldier that kept him, who constantly attended him in this form, wherever he went; and it is possible that in this way he might have liberty to go about and visit his friends

2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord._ I would again remind you, as I have often done before, that the apostle Paul, when he is writing to a minister, invariably begins his epistle with the triple greeting, «Grace, mercy, and peace,» but when he is writing to a church, he commences with the double benediction, «Grace and peace.» You will find that this is his wish for the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, «Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.» This is also his form of greeting to Philemon, who was a private Christian, not a minister; but when the apostle is writing to Timothy and Titus, his own

ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PAUL'S PERSONAL WORD TO TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Paul's affectionate words and confidence (2 Timothy 1:1)_ 2. Difficulties and assurance (2 Timothy 1:6) 3. Holding the form of sound words (2 Timothy 1:13) 4. Turning away and faithfulness in contrast (2 Timothy 1:15) 2 Timothy 1:1 Paul speaks in this last Epistle as an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God “according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.” It is a blessed word and shows how th

(_c_) 2 Timothy 1:15. A PERSONAL APPEAL._ The apostle's earlier disappointments_ form the third ground of appeal. All his Asian friends perhaps by withholding help in his captivity had proved disloyal. Timothy must not add further sorrow by failing him now. A parenthesis (2 Timothy 1:16) recognises one honourable exception in Asia. Onesiphorus, according to tradition Paul's host at Iconium, had visited his Roman prison and repeated well-known earlier kindnesses. For his household now, and for Onesiphorus (who was perhaps dead) at the last, Paul craves God's mercy. 2 TIMOTHY 1:15. PHYGELUS, HERMOGENES: of these men nothing certain is recorded....

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