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of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_timothy/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_timothy/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_timothy/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_timothy/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_timothy/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You are aware of this: that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_timothy/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You are aware of the fact that all who are in [the province of] Asia turned away <i>and</i> deserted me, Phygelus and Hermogenes among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_timothy/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You know that all those in the province of Asia have deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_timothy/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_timothy/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_timothy/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You know that everyone in Asia has turned against me, especially Phygelus and Hermogenes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_timothy/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_timothy/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_timothy/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You know that everyone in the province of Asia, including Phygelus and Hermogenes, has deserted me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_timothy/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You know that everyone in Asia has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_timothy/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_timothy/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_timothy/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_timothy/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This thou knowest, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_timothy/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Of this you are aware, that all the Christians in Roman Asia have deserted me: and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_timothy/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_timothy/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you have known this, that they turned from me—all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_timothy/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />You know this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_timothy/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> thou hast known this, that they did turn from me -- all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_timothy/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou knowest this, that all they dwelling in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_timothy/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia, are turned away from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_timothy/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_timothy/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You know that everyone in Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_timothy/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_timothy/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This you know: that all those in Asia Minor have turned away from me; of whom are Phy-gel’lus and Her-mog'e-nes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_timothy/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For you know this, that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, of whom are Pugelos and Hermogenes.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_timothy/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />You know this, that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me; <i>all those, I say</i>, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_timothy/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />You know this, that all who are in Asia, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes have turned away from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_timothy/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Knowest thou this, that all those of Asia have deserted me? among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_timothy/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />You know that I have been abandon'd by all the Asiatics, by Phygellus and Hermogenes among the rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_timothy/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Of this you are aware, that all the Christians in Roman Asia have deserted me: and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_timothy/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />You know this, that all in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_timothy/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Thou knowest that all those of Asia are turned from me, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_timothy/1-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxoCLii8Z48?start=144" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/1.htm">Hold to Sound Teaching</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1492.htm" title="1492: Oidas (V-RIA-2S) -- To know, remember, appreciate. ">You know</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantes (Adj-NMP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">everyone</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/773.htm" title="773: Asia (N-DFS) -- Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or only its western shore.">the Province of Asia</a> <a href="/greek/654.htm" title="654: apestraphēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To turn away, pervert, remove; I restore, replace; mid: I desert, reject. From apo and strepho; to turn away or back.">has deserted</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">me,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hōn (RelPro-GMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">including</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist."></a> <a href="/greek/5436.htm" title="5436: Phygelos (N-NMS) -- Probably from pheugo; fugitive; Phygellus, an apostate Christian.">Phygelus</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2061.htm" title="2061: Hermogenēs (N-NMS) -- Hermogenes, a man of Rome. From Hermes and ginomai; born of Hermes; Hermogenes, an apostate Christian.">Hermogenes.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">16</span>May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-10.htm">Acts 19:10</a></span><br />This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-26.htm">Acts 19:26</a></span><br />And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">1 Timothy 1:3</a></span><br />As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-20.htm">1 Timothy 1:20</a></span><br />Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm">2 Timothy 4:10</a></span><br />because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">2 Timothy 4:16</a></span><br />At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-15.htm">1 Corinthians 16:15-18</a></span><br />You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers, / to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. / I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-21.htm">Philippians 2:21</a></span><br />For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6</a></span><br />I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-7.htm">Galatians 5:7</a></span><br />You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-10.htm">Matthew 24:10</a></span><br />At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-66.htm">John 6:66</a></span><br />From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a></span><br />See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-25.htm">Hebrews 10:25</a></span><br />Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This you know, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.</p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Acts 16:6</a></b></br> Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/19-10.htm">Acts 19:10,27,31</a></b></br> And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Acts 20:16</a></b></br> For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.</p><p class="hdg">be.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm">2 Timothy 4:10,16</a></b></br> For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/2-21.htm">Philippians 2:21</a></b></br> For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">Asia</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm">Aware</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-12.htm">Christians</a> <a href="/acts/15-38.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-15.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-2.htm">Including</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-10.htm">News</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm">Province</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-25.htm">Roman</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-15.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/1-1.htm">Asia</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Aware</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Christians</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Including</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-8.htm">News</a> <a href="/revelation/1-4.htm">Province</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-1.htm">Roman</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-2.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">2 Timothy 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-1.htm">Paul's love to Timothy, and unfeigned confidence in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-6.htm">He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-8.htm">to be steadfast and patient in persecution;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-13.htm">and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-15.htm">Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commended.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "Province of Asia" refers to a Roman province in what is now western Turkey, a region where Paul had previously established churches and experienced significant ministry success (<a href="/acts/19-10.htm">Acts 19:10</a>). This desertion may reflect the growing persecution of Christians under Roman rule, as well as the fear and pressure faced by believers. The mention of "everyone" suggests a widespread turning away, possibly due to Paul's imprisonment and the stigma associated with it. This situation echoes Jesus' own experience of abandonment by His disciples (<a href="/mark/14-50.htm">Mark 14:50</a>).<p><b>including Phygelus and Hermogenes</b><br>These two individuals are mentioned only here in the New Testament, indicating their specific significance to Timothy and the early church. Their desertion is particularly noted, suggesting they may have been leaders or prominent figures within the Christian community. This highlights the personal pain and disappointment Paul feels, as even those he might have trusted have turned away. The mention of their names serves as a warning and a reminder of the cost of discipleship, as well as the need for steadfastness in faith. This situation can be compared to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot (<a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a>), emphasizing the theme of faithfulness amidst trials.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>The apostle and author of the letter, writing to Timothy from prison, likely in Rome. He is expressing his personal experiences and challenges in ministry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>A young pastor and close companion of Paul, recipient of this letter, who is being encouraged to remain steadfast in his faith and ministry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/phygelus_and_hermogenes.htm">Phygelus and Hermogenes</a></b><br>Individuals mentioned by Paul who have turned away from him. Their specific actions or reasons for desertion are not detailed, but they serve as examples of unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/province_of_asia.htm">Province of Asia</a></b><br>A Roman province in what is now western Turkey. It was a significant area for early Christian missionary work, including cities like Ephesus.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/desertion.htm">Desertion</a></b><br>The act of abandoning or leaving someone, especially in a time of need. Paul is highlighting the personal and communal impact of this desertion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_ministry.htm">Faithfulness in Ministry</a></b><br>Despite the desertion by others, believers are called to remain faithful to their calling and to those God has placed in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_pain_of_abandonment.htm">The Pain of Abandonment</a></b><br>Acknowledge the emotional and spiritual pain that comes with being deserted by friends or colleagues, and seek comfort in God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The church community should strive to support and uphold one another, especially in times of trial, to prevent feelings of isolation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_trials.htm">Perseverance in Trials</a></b><br>Like Paul, believers should persevere through trials, trusting that God will provide strength and encouragement.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_models_of_faith.htm">Role Models of Faith</a></b><br>Identify and emulate those who have remained steadfast in their faith, while learning from the failures of others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_timothy_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Timothy 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_2_tim_1_15_lack_evidence.htm">In 2 Timothy 1:15, Phygelus and Hermogenes abandon Paul, yet they appear nowhere else—does the lack of external evidence call the narrative into question? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_onesiphorus_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Onesiphorus in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_tim_2_15_fit_with_salvation_by_faith.htm">1 Timothy 2:15: How do we reconcile the claim that women will be saved through childbearing with the broader Christian doctrine of salvation by grace through faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_'rightly_divide'_amid_differing_views.htm">2 Timothy 2:15 - How can we be sure we are 'rightly dividing' the Word when countless denominations interpret this passage differently?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_timothy/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me.</span>--This sad desertion of friends is well known to thee. Instead of being dispirited by it, and by my arrest and close imprisonment, rather shouldest thou be stimulated to fresh and renewed exertions for the cause for which I suffer this desertion, these bonds.<p><span class= "bld">All they which are in Asia.</span>--It has been maintained by many, even by great Greek expositors such as Chrysostom, that "they which are in Asia" refers to certain Asiatic Christians who happened to be in Rome at the time of the Apostle's arrest and imprisonment. Others have even suggested that these Asiatics had gone to Rome for the purpose of bearing witness in St. Paul's favour, and finding that St. Paul's position was one of extreme danger, terrified for themselves--like others once before had been in the Christian story--lest they too should be involved in a like condemnation, forsook him and fled. But the simple and more obvious meaning is here to be preferred, and we assume as certain that the forsaking, the giving up St. Paul, took place in Asia itself. Large numbers of Christians, if not whole churches, repudiated their connection with the great father of Gentile Christianity, and possibly disobeyed some of his teaching. What, in fact, absolutely took place in Asia while St. Paul lay bound, waiting for death in Rome, had been often threatened in Corinth and in other centres. Party feeling ran high in those days, we know; and one of the most sorrowful trials the great-hearted St. Paul had to endure in the agony of his last witnessing for his Lord, was the knowledge that his name and teaching no longer was held in honour in some of those Asian churches so dear to him. The geographical term Asia is rather vague. It may--and indeed, strictly speaking, does--include Mysia, Phrygia, Lydia, Caria; but such a wide-spread defection from Pauline teaching seems improbable, and there is no tradition that anything of the kind ever took place. St. Paul probably wrote the term more in the old Homeric sense, and meant the district in the neighbourhood of the river Cayster;<p>"In Asian meadow by Cayster's streams."<p><span class= "ital">--Iliad</span> ii. 461.<p><span class= "bld">Of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.</span>--These names would at once suggest to Timothy the men and the congregations of "Asia" to whom St. Paul was alluding--names well known, doubtless, then, and especially to persons in the position of Timothy; but no tradition has been preserved which throws any light on the lives and actions of these traitorous friends of St. Paul.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_timothy/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="accented">That are</span> for <span class="accented">they which are</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">turned</span> for <span class="accented">be turned</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">Phygelus</span> for <span class="accented">Phygellus</span>, A.V. and T.R. <span class="cmt_word">Turned away from</span> (<span class="greek">ἀπεστράφησάν με</span>). This verb is used, as here, governing an accusative of the person or thing turned away from, in <a href="/titus/1-14.htm">Titus 1:14</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Hebrews 12:25</a>, as frequently in classical Greek. The use of the aorist here is important, as St. Paul does not mean to say that the Churches of Asia had all forsaken him, which was not true, and which it would be absurd to inform Timothy of if it were true, living as he was at Ephesus, the central city of Asia, but adverts to some occasion, probably connected with his trim before Nero, when they shrank from him in a cowardly way. <span class="greek">Πάντες οἱ ἐν τῆ Ασίᾳ</span> means "the whole party in Asia" connected with the particular transaction to which St. Paul is alluding, and which was known to Timothy though it is not known to us. Perhaps he had applied to certain Asiatics, whether Christians or Jews or GraecoRomans, for a testimony to his orderly conduct in Asia, and they had refused it; or they may have been at Rome at the time, and avoided St. Paul; and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes, whose conduct may have been particularly ungrateful and unexpected. Nothing is known of either of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_timothy/1-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">You know</span><br /><span class="grk">Οἶδας</span> <span class="translit">(Oidas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1492.htm">Strong's 1492: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know, remember, appreciate. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everyone</span><br /><span class="grk">πάντες</span> <span class="translit">(pantes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the Province of] Asia</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἀσίᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(Asia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_773.htm">Strong's 773: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or only its western shore.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has deserted</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπεστράφησάν</span> <span class="translit">(apestraphēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_654.htm">Strong's 654: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn away, pervert, remove; I restore, replace; mid: I desert, reject. From apo and strepho; to turn away or back.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me,</span><br /><span class="grk">με</span> <span class="translit">(me)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">including</span><br /><span class="grk">ὧν</span> <span class="translit">(hōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Phygelus</span><br /><span class="grk">Φύγελος</span> <span class="translit">(Phygelos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5436.htm">Strong's 5436: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably from pheugo; fugitive; Phygellus, an apostate Christian.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hermogenes.</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἑρμογένης</span> <span class="translit">(Hermogenēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2061.htm">Strong's 2061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hermogenes, a man of Rome. 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