From a letter written by the apostle Paul
to Timothy:
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.-2 Timothy 4:9-18***The apostle Paul (Saul) was an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and Rachel, and Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin. Paul thought of Timothy (Timotheus), Titus, and Onesimus as sons. Paul circumcised Timothy shortly after they met, and took Timothy on journeys to help teach the good news of Jesus the Christ, who had been crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Titus, a fellow believer, was uncircumcised and a Gentile, a person not born into the Israelite tribes. Except for the verse above, there is no other mention of Crescens in the divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible. Luke was a physician, and was regularly with Paul, and is widely regarded to be the divinely inspired writer of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the Holy Bible. Mark (John Mark) is widely recognized to be the divinely inspired writer of the Gospel of Mark. He traveled with Paul and fellow believer Barnabas until they parted company over the issue of Mark's previous desertion. Tychicus is first mentioned in association with Paul when Timothy was with Paul and others in Greece. Demas was a believer, and a servant of the Lord, and willingly walked out of Paul's life. Alexander turned his back on Paul, although no specific details of the event are revealed in the Holy Bible.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 4:1-37, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Romans 1:1-32, 16:1-27, 1 Corinthians 1:1-31, 4:1-21, 9:1-27, 16:1-24, 2 Corinthians 1:1-2:17, 7:1-8:24, 12:1-21, Galatians 1:1-2:21, Ephesians 1:1-23, 6:1-24, Philippians 1:1-2:30, Colossians 1:1-29, 4:1-18, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, 3:1-13, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
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