2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
注釈
Study Note
'For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica' — the spare biographical note about Demas (mentioned earlier in Colossians 4:14 and Philemon 24 among Paul's fellow workers) becomes in the NT's final Paul-letter a cautionary paradigm of apostolic defection. The Greek aion houtos ('this present age/world') is a Pauline eschatological term contrasting the current evil age with the age to come — Demas has chosen the wrong temporal horizon. The verse has been widely applied in Christian discipleship contexts as a warning against the erosion of commitment through comfort-seeking and the gradual recalibration of ultimate loyalty from Christ to the surrounding culture's values and rewards.
他の翻訳
for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,
For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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