Bad Guys of the Bible: Demas
by David Chadwick
The story of Demas is found in 2 Timothy 4:9-10. He is someone else who I would consider to be one of the bad guys of the Bible. It takes good guys and bad guys in order to have a great story. God never shied away from highlighting just how bad things really were in Scripture. For all of time, he has been able to use bad situations and work them out for good (Romans 8:28).
The first mention of Demas is by Paul in Colossians 4:14 when Paul said that Demas wanted to extend his greetings to the Christians in the church of Collosae.
Next, in Philemon, he is referred to as a…
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