The Meaning of 2 Timothy 1:17 Explained

2 Timothy 1:17

KJV: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

YLT: but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

Darby: but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found me --

ASV: but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But,  when he was  in  Rome,  he sought  me  out  very diligently,  and  found  [me]. 

What does 2 Timothy 1:17 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Timothy 1:12-18 - "hold The Pattern Of Sound Words"
How striking Paul's reference to the double committal, as if there had been an agreed exchange between his Master and himself! Paul had handed over to Christ as a sacred deposit all that concerned his well-being in time and eternity, and Christ had handed over to him the interests of His Kingdom, which, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, he was required to maintain inviolate. It is a mutual exchange of which we all ought to know something. Give all to Christ and Christ becomes all to you. The proportion of your self-giving is the measure of your discovery of what Jesus will be to you.
Some of Paul's former friends shrank from identifying themselves with a suspect-the inmate of the condemned cell. It was no light matter to visit the bearer of a name which the world of that day detested, one who belonged to a sect accused of burning Rome. Demas, 2 Timothy 4:11, and others forsook him, but the good Ephesian, Onesiphorus, set about seeking him through all the prisons of Rome, and was not ashamed of his chain nor content with a single visit. He oft refreshed his friend. Paul sends a grateful message to his family, 2 Timothy 4:19. Perhaps there is here a gentle hint to Timothy. Compare 2 Timothy 1:8 and 2 Timothy 1:16. Never shrink from taking your place beside Christ's prisoners! [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Timothy 1

1  Paul's love to Timothy, and unfeigned confidence in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother
6  He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him;
8  to be steadfast and patient in persecution;
13  and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him
15  Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commended

Greek Commentary for 2 Timothy 1:17

When he was in Rome [γενομενος εν ομηι]
Second aorist middle participle of γινομαι — ginomai (coming to Rome, happening in Rome). [source]
He sought me diligently and found me [σπουδαιως εζητησεν με και ευρεν]
Effective aorists both of them (first of ζητεω — zēteō second of ευρισκω — heuriskō). He did it at the risk of his own life apparently. [source]

What do the individual words in 2 Timothy 1:17 mean?

But having arrived in Rome earnestly he sought out me and found [me]
ἀλλὰ γενόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ σπουδαίως ἐζήτησέν με καὶ εὗρεν

γενόμενος  having  arrived 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: γίνομαι  
Sense: to become, i.
Ῥώμῃ  Rome 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: Ῥώμη  
Sense: the famous capital of the ancient world.
σπουδαίως  earnestly 
Parse: Adverb
Root: σπουδαίως  
Sense: hastily, with haste.
ἐζήτησέν  he  sought  out 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ζητέω  
Sense: to seek in order to find.
με  me 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative 1st Person Singular
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.
εὗρεν  found  [me] 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εὑρίσκω  
Sense: to come upon, hit upon, to meet with.

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