Mentioned in the Bible by name

Epaphras

You learned this from Epaphras, our dear fellow worker, who is a faithful minister of the Anointed One (Messiah, Christ) in our place. [He was probably sent from Ephesus during the three-year period when Paul was there and the gospel spread throughout Asia, see Acts 19:10.]

Epaphras, who is one of you [he probably belonged to the church in Colossae], sends his greetings. He is a servant of the Anointed One (Messiah, Christ) Jesus, who constantly fights for you in his prayers, so that you may stand firm, complete, and fully convinced of the whole will of God.

[Five names were mentioned in the introduction, and here in the conclusion, five more people who are with Paul are mentioned. Central to the letter is the name of Jesus. This structure and symmetry help to point out how the believer is in Jesus – he is central. These five people mentioned here in the conclusion are also mentioned in the letter to the Colossians, which suggests that these letters were written at the same time, see Col. 4:10–14.]
Epaphras [probably pastor in Colossae],
my fellow prisoner in the Anointed One (Messiah, Christ) Jesus, the Anointed One (Messiah, Christ), sends his greetings to you [Philem.].
[It was Epaphras who had evangelized in the Lycus Valley and was present when the churches in the three cities of Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Colossae were founded. He had probably met Paul in Ephesus during the three years Paul worked there, see Acts 19:1–20. Epaphras had come to Paul in Rom and told him about their faith and love, see Col. 1:7.]