Titus 3:12 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Titus 3:13 Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.

Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "send", "artemas", "tychicus", "diligent", "come", "nicopolis", "determined", and "winter". 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 one is perverted..." into verse 13's "Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on...", 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.