Philemon 1:23-24

‘Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, salutes you, and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.’

He finally closes by sending greetings from those who are with him. Epaphras, who is mentioned first, is his fellow-prisoner (a further reminder that he is a prisoner of Christ Jesus), seemingly sharing his confinement. Epaphras also came from Colossae and was therefore especially dear to Philemon and the church in his house. He also sends greetings from Mark (the author of the Gospel), Aristarchus, Demas (who would later desert him out of fear for his own life), and Luke, all ‘fellow-workers’.