Demas has deserted me,
he fell in love with this world
(this present age) and traveled to
Thessalonica.
Crescens has traveled to
Galatia [in Asia Minor, central Turkey].
Titus
has gone to
Dalmatia [region north of Macedonia, present-day southwestern Croatia].
[Demas, which is a shortened form of the name Demetrius, had previously been a close associate of Paul, see . He was not a jew, see , . He had abandoned Paul in Rom and moved to Thessalonica, which was probably his hometown. Crescens and Titus were sent on new missions. Earlier, Paul had written to Titus in Crete and asked him to spend the winter in Nicopolis, see .]
