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- turned away from me - They abandoned him because he had been arrested and thrown into prison.
- was not ashamed of my chain - Onesiphorus was not ashamed of Paul because he was in prison but came to visit him frequently. //Chain// is a metonym for being in prison. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
- grant to him to find mercy … in that day - Paul is wishing that Onesiphorus receives mercy and not punishment on either 1) the day the Lord comes again or 2) the day when God will judge people.