Paul's coworker in Rome (Col. 4:14; Phil. 24), of whom Paul was to write five years later: "Demas has forsaken me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica (2 Tim. 4: 10).
This may mean not that he had apostatized, but the cooling of his first love by giving his affection to the things of this present age.
Meaning of DEMAS
Paul's collaborator in Rome (Col. 4:14; Phil. 24), of whom Paul had to write five years later: "Demas has forsaken me, loving this world, and has gone to Thessalonica.
