¹⁰ for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,^[a] Titus to Dalmatia.^(A)

¹⁵ Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,^{(A) 16} for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.

¹⁵ You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

⁴ for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.^{(A) 5} Who is it who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?^(B)

¹⁴ Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.^{(A) 15} Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church in her^[a] house.^(B)

¹³ but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said farewell to them and went on to Macedonia.

Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia

⁶ They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.^(A)

²⁴ and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my coworkers.^(A)

¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!

⁶ But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,^(A)