2 Timothy 1:16 (BSB)

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

From 2 Timothy 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:16

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1:1-18: COMMENTARIES ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 2 Timothy 1:1-2 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 1. Paulus apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, secundum promissionem vitae, quae est in Christo Iesu, 2.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:15-18: 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 those that had embraced the Christian faith, and yet afterwards revolted from it, nay, there were many such.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 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; and therefore he prays that the Lord would show mercy to his family; that he would give regenerating grace and mercy to such of them as were without...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on 2 Timothy 1:16: Verse 16. 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, , but not improbably then absent from his home. Comp. . H e was evidently of Asia, and is the only one who is mentioned from that region who had showed the apostle kindness in his trials.