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1. Tychicus 2. Onesimus 3. Aristarchus 4. Mark 5. Jesus (called Justus) 6. Epaphras 7. Luke 8. Demas 9. Nympha 10. Archippus 11. Paul
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1. Tychicus - On Paul s ministry team (messenger) 2. Onesimus - Runaway slave from Colossae 3. Aristarchus - On Paul s ministry team 4. Mark - On Paul s ministry team, estranged, later reunited 5. Jesus (called Justus) - former Jew on Paul s ministry team 6. Epaphras - Possible Colossian church planter, from Colossae 7. Luke - Physician on Paul s ministry team 8. Demas - On Paul s ministry team 9. Nympha - House church leader in Colossae 10. Archippus - Church leader in Colossae 11. Paul - Early church missionary and evangelist
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we A Life Worthy of Mention - Ordinary People - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are. 37 Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. 38 But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. 39 And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Acts 15:36-39 (ESV)
1. Tychicus - On Paul s ministry team (messenger) 2. Onesimus - Runaway slave from Colossae 3. Aristarchus - On Paul s ministry team, arrested in Ephesus 4. Mark - On Paul s ministry team, estranged, later reunited 5. Jesus (called Justus) - former Jew on Paul s ministry team 6. Epaphras - Possible Colossian church planter, from Colossae 7. Luke - Physician on Paul s ministry team 8. Demas - On Paul s ministry team 9. Nympha - House church leader in Colossae 10. Archippus - Church leader in Colossae 11. Paul - Early church missionary and evangelist
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many A Life Worthy of Mention - Ordinary People - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (ESV)
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Tychicus... He is a beloved brother and faithful minister - Ordinary People and fellow servant in the Lord. - Faithful Service Colossians 4:7 (ESV) - Deep Friendship
Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother... - Ordinary People - Faithful Service Colossians 4:9 (ESV) - Deep Friendship
- Ordinary People - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship Aristarchus my fellow prisoner... and Mark... and Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. Colossians 4:10-11 (ESV)
When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! 29 So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul s companions in travel. Acts 19:28-29 (ESV)
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, A Life Worthy of Mention - Ordinary People - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. Colossians 4:12-13 (ESV)
...But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever would be first among - Ordinary People you must be slave of all. - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship Mark 10:43-44 (ESV)
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- Ordinary People - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship Tychicus... He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. Colossians 4:7 (ESV)
Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother... - Ordinary People - Faithful Service Colossians 4:9 (ESV) - Deep Friendship
Luke the beloved physician... - Ordinary People - Faithful Service Colossians 4:14 (ESV) - Deep Friendship
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You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called - Ordinary People - Faithful Service you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. - Deep Friendship John 15:14-15 (ESV)
The mark of perfect friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, - Ordinary People having been given, it makes no difference at all. - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship C.S. Lewis
You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called - Ordinary People - Faithful Service you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. - Deep Friendship John 15:14-15 (ESV)
Companionship is on the matrix of friendship. It is often called friendship, and many people when they A Life Worthy of Mention speak of their friends mean only their companions. But it is not friendship in the sense I give to the word - Ordinary People - Faithful Service - Deep Friendship The typical expression of opening friendship would be something like, What? You too? I thought I was the only one. C.S. Lewis