2 Timothy 1:15

The Christians in Ephesus and in the province of Asia where Ephesus stood had so thoroughly abandoned Paul that he could say all had turned from him. Paul may have meant all the leaders or his former colleagues who had left him by himself in prison in Rome. Probably not all of these people had turned from the gospel; the statement is probably hyperbolic. [Note: Guthrie, p. 135.] Timothy was the last to maintain his loyalty to and support of Paul among that group, and he was now feeling temptation to abandon him. Phygelus and Hermogenes’ names occur nowhere else in Scripture. They had been strong supporters of the apostle in the past but had eventually turned from him like the rest.

"These verses [2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:15-16] show that Paul’s current imprisonment was decidedly more severe than the one in Acts 28:23; Acts 28:30-31." [Note: Mounce, p. 492.]