2 Timothy 1.15 Men of Asia; cf. Acts 19:31; All that are in Asia .. "This does not refer to any general desertion of the faith by Christians throughout Asia, but to the turning away from Paul of any who might have been of help to him in his trial before the imperial government of Nero. The two men named here are examples of those who refused to help Paul. We don't know any more about them. Were they among Paul's fiends among the Asiarchs (Acts 19:31) of Ephesus? Whoever they were, it seems that Paul had hoped for their support, hence the disappointment evident here." Coffman. Turned away from me .. This doesn't refer to deserting the truth, but to the refusal to stand by the apostle in his trial. ... The savage persecution under Nero would sorely test the strongest. Paul here expresses no criticism, no bitterness or rsentment, but the tragic fact itself of being not having these to stand with him, but he takes comfort in the remembrace of one who did not forsake him 2 Timothy 1:16.