But that was not the love that brought Demas to fall, and against which we are warned.
The world would have done Demas no harm if he had not loved it.
Tradition tells us that Demas afterwards became a priest in a heathen temple.
When he wrote his letter to the Church at Colossae, he coupled the name of Demas with that of St. Luke.
So the apostle once wrote from a Roman prison of Demas, and it was from the same prison that he afterwards sadly penned these painful words: "Demas hath forsaken me.
Demas cried again, That he also was one of their fraternity; and that if they would tarry a little, he also himself would walk with them.
It was she that persuaded Judas to sell his Lord, and that prevailed with Demas to forsake the godly pilgrims' life; none can tell of the mischief that she doth.
Then Demas called again, saying, But will you not come over and see?
In the same way the pilgrims refused the invitations of Demas with his silver mine.
This kept Demas from the fruit of self-denial (2 Tim 4:10).
Los prelados habian sido siempre los primeros no solo en promover la guerra contra Moros, sino a presentarse en campana con todo su poder y esfuerzo, animando a los demas con las palabras y el exemplo.
For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica: 4:10.
See this and other instances collected in Usages y demas derechos de Cataluna, by Vives y Cebria (Barcelona, 1835), tom.
Some of them might be quite unsound, deceivers or deceived; especially, for instance, if Demas (2 Tim.
Demas is a sharp man, who gets on well in the world, quick of eye and shrewd of wit, hard-headed and not to be imposed upon by his fellows; but destitute of any high religious aspirations or deep moral insight.
Demas cried again that he also was one of their company, a pilgrim like themselves, and that, if they would tarry a little, he also himself would walk with them.
Then Demas called out again, saying, "But will you not come over and see?
Twas she that persuaded Judas to sell his Lord, and that prevailed with Demas to forsake the godly pilgrim's life.
Here it is--'Miriam, daughter of Demas and Rachel, born in the year of the death of Herod Agrippa.
Demas hath forsaken me, having loved the present eternity"--and so the translators in these instances gave the word its true signification.
As the same word is used, probably Demas may have been one of those timid friends, whose courage was not equal to standing by Paul when, to use his own metaphor, he thrust his head into the lion's mouth.
Perhaps, away in Thessalonica, he repented him of his evil, and perhaps Paul and Demas met again before the throne, and there clasped inseparable hands.
Demas had stood high in the Church, had been admitted to the close intimacy of the Apostle, was evidently no raw novice, and yet the world could drag him back from so eminent a place in which he had long stood.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
As for Demas, we know no more about him except the melancholy record, "Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world; and is departed unto Thessalonica.
The world that was too strong for Demas will be too strong for us if we front it in our own strength.
A greeting was sent from Demas by Paul to the Colossians in the year 64, A.
In writing to Timothy two years later Paul says, “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world.
Demas was one of Paul’s coworkers, and undoubtedly enjoyed the experience of salvation by grace.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "demas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
