as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Parallel translations
- WEB as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
- KJV Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
- NKJV as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.
- NASB as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
- NLT So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers.
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Quick answer
Paul sends greetings from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, his fellow workers. These named companions show the communal nature of gospel ministry.
Overview
These coworkers also appear in Colossians 4:10-14, confirming the close link between the two letters. Mark and Luke are associated with the Gospels that bear their names, and the same names span Paul's wider circle of mission. Notably Demas, mentioned warmly here, would later desert Paul (2 Timothy 4:10), a sober reminder that present fellowship must be guarded by enduring faithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Tim 4:10–11because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Col 4:14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
- Col 4:10My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- Acts 15:37–39Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
- Acts 19:29Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- Acts 12:12And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
- Phlm 1:1–2Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
- Acts 12:25When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
- Acts 27:2We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- 3 Jn 1:8Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
- 2 Cor 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ.
- Acts 13:13After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
- Phil 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
- Phil 2:25But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.
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