Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.

For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain." And,Deuteronomy 25:4"The laborer is worthy of his wages."Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35

David himself says in the book of Psalms,'The Lord said to my Lord,"Sit at my right hand,

He said to them,"This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'Psalms 35:19; 69:4

For it is written in the book of Psalms,'Let his habitation be made desolate.Let no one dwell therein;'Psalm 69:25and,'Let another take his office.'Psalm 109:8

They have all turned aside.They have together become unprofitable.There is no one who does good,no, not so much as one."Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.