Titus 3:12 (KJV)

Passage

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

Titus 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

Titus 3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "send", "artemas", "thee", "tychicus", "diligent", "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 he that is such is..." into verse 13's "Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on...", 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.