Titus 3:11 (ASV)

Passage

knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:9 but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Titus 3:10 A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

Titus 3:11 knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

Titus 3:13 Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "knowing", "such", "perverted", "sinneth", and "self-condemned". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "knowing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "A factious man after a first and..." into verse 12's "When I shall send Artemas unto thee...", so "condemn" and "knowing" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "condemn" and "knowing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.