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2 Timothy 1:15

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    This thou knowest how that all they which are in Asia be turned from me. Of which sorte are Phigelos and hermogenes.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me: of which sort are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to 2 Timothy 1:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Philippians 2:21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
  • Acts 19:10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
  • 2 Timothy 4:10-11 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.
  • Acts 16:6 When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
  • Acts 19:27 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
  • 1 Corinthians 16:19 The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
  • Acts 19:31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
  • Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 15 Thou knowest that all that are in Asia…

15 Thou knowest that all that are in Asia have forsaken me Those apostasies which he mentions might have shaken the hearts of many, and given rise, at the same time, to many suspicions; as we commonly look at everything in the worst light. Paul meets scandals of this kind with courage and heroism, that all good men may learn to abhor the treachery of those who had thus deserted the servant of Christ, when he alone, at the peril of his life, was upholding the common cause; and that they may not on that account give way, when they learn that Paul is not left destitute of divine assistance.

Of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes He names two of them, who were probably more celebrated than the rest, that he may shut the door against their slanders; for it is customary with revolters and deserters from the Christian warfare, in order to excuse their own baseness, to forge as many accusations as they can against the good and faithful ministers of the gospel. “Phygellus and Hermogenes,” knowing that their cowardice was justly reckoned infamous by believers, and that they were even condemned as guilty of base treachery, would not have hesitated to load Paul with false accusations, and impudently to attack his innocence. Paul, therefore, in order to take away all credit from their lies, brands them with the mark which they deserve.

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Thus also, in the present day, there are many who, because they are not here admitted into the ministry, or are stripped of the honor on account of their wickedness, or because we do not choose to support them while they do nothing, or because they have committed theft or fornication, are compelled to fly, and forthwith wander through France and other countries, and, by throwing upon us all the accusations that they can, borrow from them an attestation of their innocence. And some brethren are so silly as to accuse us of cruelty, if any of us paints such persons in their true colors. But it were to be wished that all of them had their forehead marked with a hot iron, that they might be recognized at first sight.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He preventeth an offense which arose by the means…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This thou knowest: probably as to some he had…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain By all in Asia, we are to understand very…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain Having (Ti2 1:13, Ti2 1:14) exhorted Timothy to hold…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain This thou knowest, that all they which are in…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain All who are in Asia - Who had attended…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. All they which are in Asia] It…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ti 1:15-18. This thou knowest — Of this thou…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain This thou knowest, that all they which are in…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain All they who are in Asia, are turned away…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain all they which are in Asia--Proconsular Asia; "all who…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Maintained amid apostasies of many, with rare exception,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. all they which are in Asia be turned…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) This thou knowest, that all they which are…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That are for they which are, A.V; turned for…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain All they which are in Asia be turned away…
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain Chapter 28
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 15–18. This thou knowest. The language seems to mean…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain 2Ti_1:15. Turned away from me.—This does not mean that…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Paul’s Sorrowful and Cheerful Experiences. 2Ti 1:15-18
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 turned away from me
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:15-18 Using the examples of others, both negative and…

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