“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).
Church Fathers on Colossians 4:9
“With Onesimus, the beloved and faithful brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that are done here.” Onesimus is the one about whom, writing to Philemon, he said, “Whom I would fain have kept with me, that in your behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the Gospel: but without your mind I would do nothing.” Philemon 1-3, 14 And he adds too the praise of their city, that they might not only not be ashamed, but even pride themselves on…
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