There salute thee Epaphras, &c. Respecting these persons, see on Colossians 4:10; Colossians 4:12; Colossians 4:14. In that chapter, Philemon 1:10, Aristarchus is called the apostle's fellow-prisoner; but as that particular is not mentioned here, it is not improbable that he had obtained his liberty about the time when this letter was written. Demas afterward forsook the apostle, namely, during his second imprisonment, from love to this present world, 2 Timothy 4:10. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ That is, his unmerited favour, and the influences of his Spirit; be with your spirit Imparting that wisdom and power, that peace and comfort, which nothing but the communications of his grace can give. As the word υμων, your, is plural, it signifies that the apostle's wish did not respect Philemon alone, but all the persons mentioned in the inscription of this letter.
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Philemon 1:23-25
23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. [Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.]