Demetrius

Demetrius is named once, near the end of the third letter of John, written by the elder to Gaius the beloved (3 John 1:1). After warning against Diotrephes, who would not receive the brothers (3 John 1:9–10), and urging, “don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good” (3 John 1:11), the elder commends him: “Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true” (3 John 1:12). Nothing else is told of him, and nothing links him to Demetrius the silversmith of Ephesus, who stirred up the craftsmen against Paul (Acts 19:24–27).