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14 With the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, guard the treasure that has been entrusted to us.

15 Comfort Those in Suffering. As you are well aware, everyone in Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.[a] 16 May the Lord be merciful to the household of Onesiphorus,[b] because he has often been a comfort to me in my troubles, and he has never been ashamed of my chains.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:15 Paul is deeply disappointed that he has been deserted by Christians from Asia, including two upon whom he was counting—Phygelus and Hermogenes. Some scholars believe that Phygelus was the leader of lapsed Christians in Rome (see Phil 1:15f).
  2. 2 Timothy 1:16 Onesiphorus: a helper of Paul—probably during his first Roman imprisonment (see v. 8)—whose household was in Ephesus and who is not mentioned elsewhere (see 2 Tim 4:19).