Titus 3:12 (GNV)

Passage

When I shall send Artemas vnto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to mee vnto Nicopolis: for I haue determined there to winter.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:10 Reiect him that is an heretike, after once or twise admonition,

Titus 3:11 Knowing that hee that is such, is peruerted, and sinneth, being damned of his owne selfe.

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas vnto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to mee vnto Nicopolis: for I haue determined there to winter.

Titus 3:13 Bring Zenas the expounder of the Lawe, and Apollos on their iourney diligently, that they lacke nothing.

Titus 3:14 And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "send", "artemas", "vnto", "thee", "tychicus", "diligent", and "come". 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 hee that is such is..." into verse 13's "Bring Zenas the expounder of the Lawe...", 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.