“With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.”
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), and Jesus who is called Justus — Aristarchus shares Paul's imprisonment. Mark (the evangelist, author of the Gospel) is Barnabas's cousin. The parenthetical instruction ('if he comes, welcome him') may reflect Mark's earlier problematic departure (Acts 15:37-39); Paul rehabilitates him. 'Jesus called Justus' is another Justus (distinct from Paul's secretary Tertius).
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