The Promise of Mercy Obtained

The Lord’s promise to the merciful is that they shall obtain mercy, by the Lord’s own law of the measure: “the measure you give will be the measure you get back” (Luk 6:38); “if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you” (Mat 6:14; see Q424). So, the Apostle prays for the merciful Onesiphorus: “may the Lord grant him to find the Lord’s mercy in that Day” (2Ti 1:16–18; see Q402).