Titus 3:12 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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;

Titus 3:14 and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "send", "artemas", "thee", "tychicus", "diligence", "come", and "nicopolis". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "send", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "knowing that such a one is perverted..." into verse 13's "Zenas the lawyer and Apollos set forward...", so "shall" and "send" 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 "shall" and "send" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.