Friends, Foes & Froes

Introduction

1. Frioes

a. Demas (v. 10a; Phm 24; Col 4:14)
b. All men forsook me (v. 16; cf. Acts 28:15)

2. Foe

• Alexander the coppersmith (v. 14; cf. Acts 20:29-30; Acts 19:33-34; 1 Tim 1:20; Ps 62:12)

3. Friends

a. Luke (v. 11a; cf. Col 4:14; Phm 24).
b. Friends who could not be with Paul for legitimate reasons.

• Crescens (v. 10a),
• Titus (v. 10b; Tit 1:4; 2 Cor 8:23; 2 Cor 2:13; 7:6; Tit 1:5);
• Tychicus (v. 12; cf. Acts 20:4; Eph 6:21-22; Col 4:7-9; Tit 3:12);
• Erastus (v. 20a; cf. Acts 19:22);
• Trophimus (v. 20b; cf. Acts 20:4; 21:9)

c. Mark (v. 11b; Acts 13:13; 15:36-40; Col 4:10; Phm 24).
d. Carpus (v. 13).
e. Those Paul sends greetings to:

• Prisca (Priscilla) & Aquila (v. 19a; cf. cf. Acts 18:2ff; 1 Cor 16:3, 19; Acts 18:26)

• Household of Onesiphorus (v. 19b; cf. 2 Tim 1:16)

f. Those who send greetings (v. 21):

• Linus,
• Pudens,
• Claudia,
• Eubulus,
• All the Brethren.

g. The Lord Jesus Christ (v. 17-18; 22; cf. Acts 26:28; Ps 22:21).

Conclusion