<p>4:10- see on Mt. 13:22; Lk. 13:27.</p><p><i>For Demas</i>- In Col. 4:14, Demas is a fellow prisoner with Paul, or at least with Paul in Rome. Either he fell away, or the difference is evidence of a second imprisonment. Demas was certainly within Paul's inner circle to have been with him in Rome, and a great loss.</p><p><i>Forsook me- </i>Paul does take things rather personally, although that is just a function of being human. We would rather expect him to speak of forsaking the Lord. There are so many references to &quot;I&quot; and &quot;me&quot; in these final words that we can assume that Paul was in deep depression as he faced death alone and deserted. &quot;Only Luke is <i>with me</i>... profitable <i>unto me</i> (:11)... did <i>me</i> much evil (:14)... no man stood with me, but all forsook me (:16)... that <i>through me</i> the message might be fully proclaimed&quot; (:17).</p><p><i>Having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia</i>- Translated to Hebrew, the<i> olahm hazzeh</i> &ldquo;present world&rdquo; is the term used by Judaism for the Jewish system. So it seems that Demas went off to Judaism, another casualty of the Jewish plot and machinations against Paul and his work.</p>