2 TIMOTHY 1:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.”
You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes — the painful reality: Asian believers have apostatized (apostrephō), including Phygelus and Hermogenes. Geographic scope and named individuals underscore the gravity of defection.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:15
Not by letters alone did Paul instruct his disciple in his duty, but before by words also which he shows, both in many other passages, as where he says, “whether by word or our Epistle” 2 Thessalonians 2:15, and especially here. Let us not therefore suppose that anything relating to doctrine was spoken imperfectly. For many things he delivered to him without writing. Of these therefore he reminds him, when he says, “Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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