Titus 3:12 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Titus 3:10 A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

Titus 3:11 having known that he hath been subverted who <FI>is<Fi> such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.

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

Titus 3:13 Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,

Titus 3:14 and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be 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 "having known that he hath been subverted..." into verse 13's "Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently...", 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.