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2 Timothy 1:15
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13 aHold fast bthe pattern of csound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.  
14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
15 This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 The Lord grant mercy to the ahousehold of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;  
17 but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me.
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 2 Timothy 1:15.

II Timothy 1:15

We are presented with two people and what Paul has to say about them is not very good. He starts this part of the letter with information that probably was not news to Timothy. I am sure Timothy had heard that all those in Asia had turned away from Paul.

But after this statement, Paul name-drops two individuals who walked away from him, Phygellus and Hermogenes. This is the only time these two are ever mentioned in the Bible, and Paul does not even tell us why they turned away from him. And even in my research of Jewish and early church traditions, I could not find anything substantial about these two people, and I even asked ChatGPT about it! Phygellus and Hermogenes remain shadowy figures.

Excerpted from The Behavior of Onesiphorus

 
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