However, such an idea conflicts with the Scriptural teaching that the dead are not conscious of anything. Even if Onesiphorus had died, Paul was simply expressing a wish that his friend would find mercy from God.
यदि उनेसिफुरुस मर गया था, तो भी पौलुस बस यह इच्छा व्यक्‍त कर रहा था कि उसके मित्र पर परमेश्‍वर की दया हो ।