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2Ti 1:16. Δῴη, give) He does not make use of any imprecations against those who had been unfaithful to him, 2Ti 1:15. He offers the most excellent prayer for those who had stood fast. The categorical or absolute sentence implied is this; Onesiphorus was beautifully consistent. The feeling forms a modal discourse [gives the sentence its modal form. See Append., “Sermo modalis”].-ἔλεος, mercy) Onesiphorus had abounded in works of mercy.-ὁ Κυρίος, the Lord) Christ.-τῷ Ὀνησιφόρου οἴκῳ, the house of Onesiphorus) at Ephesus, 2Ti 1:18, ch. 2Ti 4:19. Onesiphorus himself was absent, or was already then dead. Paul therefore honours the survivors by his wish, nay, also himself,[1] 2Ti 1:18.-πολλάκις, often) at Ephesus and Rome.
[1] That Onesiphorus was dead is a gratuitous assumption. The fact that Paul nowhere else prays for the dead, is fatal to the notion here. Beng., by the word ‘voto,’ wish, probably implies that Paul does not here pray, but wish, that in that day it may be found Onesiphorus is among those who are to obtain mercy.-ED.