Titus 3:10 (DBY)

Passage

An heretical man after a first and second admonition have done with,

Nearby Context

Titus 3:8 The word [is] faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

Titus 3:9 But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the law, shun; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Titus 3:10 An heretical man after a first and second admonition have done with,

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

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, use diligence to come to me to Nicopolis; for I have decided to winter there.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heretical", "after", "first", "second", "admonition", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heretical" and "after", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But foolish questions and genealogies and strifes..." into verse 11's "knowing that such a one is perverted...", so "heretical" and "after" 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 "heretical" and "after" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.