16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
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Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-18)Having ( 2 Tim. 1:13 , 14 ) exhorted Timothy to hold fast, I. He mentions the apostasy of many from the doctrine of Christ, 2 Tim. 1:15. It seems, in the best and purest ages of the church, there were those that had embraced the Christian faith, and yet afterwards revolted from it, nay, there were many such. He does not say that they had turned away from the doctrine of Christ (though it should se…
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