4:10 What does it mean that Demas had forsaken Paul having loved this present world?
4:10 What does it mean that Demas had forsaken Paul having loved this present world?
Forsaken means to abandon, desert, leave in the lurch, let one down.
This teaches that when Paul needed him the most, Demas left him in the lurch and went back into the world. Until then Demas had been one of Paul's most dependable and trusted co-workers in the gospel (CP Col 4:14; Phm 1:24).
See also comments on Col 4:14.
Paul wrote 2Timothy from Rome where he was in prison for the second time.
When his preliminary hearing came before the court Paul had no one to stand up for him - everyone had forsaken him but the Lord, who saved him so that he could proclaim the gospel before the tribunal that was trying him (CP 2Ti 4:16-18).
The phrase delivered out of the mouth of the lion in V17 is qualified for us in V18.
It means being delivered from every evil work and being preserved for God's heavenly kingdom (CP Psa 121:7; 2Cor 1:8-10; 2 Pe 2:9).
4:20 See comments on Php 2:25-30
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