“Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)”
These are the only ones of the circumcision among my coworkers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me — the trio (Aristarchus, Mark, Justus) are 'of the circumcision' (peritomē, Jewish Christians). They are 'coworkers for God's kingdom' and comfort-givers to Paul. Their Jewish identity is noted not pejoratively but historically: they represent Jewish Christian participation in Pauline mission.
Church Fathers on Colossians 4:10
“With Onesimus,” he says, “the beloved, and faithful brother.” Paul calls a slave, brother: with reason; seeing that he styles himself the servant of the faithful. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Bring we down all of us our pride, tread we under foot our boastfulness. Paul names himself a slave, he that is worth the world, and ten thousands of heavens; and do you entertain high thoughts? He that seizes all things for spoil as he will, he that has the first place in the kingdom of heaven,…
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