Titus 3:11 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Titus 3:13 Zenas the lawyer and Apollos set forward diligently on their way, that nothing may be lacking to them;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "knowing", "such", "perverted", "sins", 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 "An heretical man after a first and..." into verse 12's "When I shall send Artemas to 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.