Colossians 4:14
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
- KJV
- Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
- WEB
- Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
- ASV
- Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
- DARBY
- Luke, the beloved physician, salutes you, and Demas.
- BLB
- Luke, the beloved physician, greets you⁺, and Demas.
- ÅB
- Legen Lukas, den elskede, hilser dere, og Demas.
- OTB
- Lukas, den elskede legen, og Demas sender hilsener.
- B1930
- Lægen Lukas, den elskede, hilser eder, og Demas.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philemon 1:24
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:10–11
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Read in context