Titus 3:12 (LSB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Titus 3:14 And our people must also learn to lead in good works to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "send", "artemas", "tychicus", "diligent", "come", "nicopolis", "decided", and "spend". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "send" and "artemas", 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 man is perverted..." into verse 13's "Diligently help send Zenas the lawyer and...", so "send" and "artemas" 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 "send" and "artemas" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.