Titus 3:11 (LSB)

Passage

knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and conflicts about the Law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

Titus 3:10 Reject a factious man after a first and second warning,

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

Titus 3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Titus 3:13 Diligently help send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "knowing", "such", "perverted", "sinning", 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 "Reject a factious man after a first..." into verse 12's "When I send Artemas or Tychicus to...", 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.