Titus 3:10 (WEB)

Passage

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning,

Nearby Context

Titus 3:8 This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Titus 3:9 but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "avoid", "factious", "after", "first", "second", and "warning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "avoid" and "factious", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "but shun foolish questionings genealogies strife and..." into verse 11's "knowing that such a one is perverted...", so "avoid" and "factious" 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 "avoid" and "factious" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.