Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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2 Timothy 1:18
Grant to him to and mercy (dwh autw eurein eleov). Second aorist active optative in wish for the future again as in verse II Timothy 1:16. Find mercy from the Lord (Jesus) as he found me.
Thou knowest very well (beltion su ginwskeiv). Literally, "thou knowest better (than I)," for he did those things in Ephesus where thou art. Only N.T. example of beltion, in D text of Acts 10:28.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Timothy 1:18:
Romans 15:5
Ephesians 1:17
2 Thessalonians 1:10
2 Thessalonians 3:16
2 Timothy 1:12
2 Timothy 1:16
2 Timothy 2:25
2 Timothy 4:8
Revelation 16:14
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