Titus 3:12

Titus 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
• New International Version (NIV)As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Context of Titus 3:12

10After a first and second warning reject a divisive man [who promotes heresy and causes dissension—ban him from your fellowship and have nothing more to do with him], 11well aware that such a person is twisted and is sinning; he is convicted and self-condemned [and is gratified by causing confusion among believers]. When I send Artemas or [perhaps] Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they are supplied and lack nothing. 14Our people must learn to do good deeds to meet necessary demands [whatever the occasion may require], so that they will not be unproductive.

Titus 3:12 word by word

Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τύχικον, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν· ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• I shall sendπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• ArtemasἈρτεμάςArtemas · ArtemasG734
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• orἤē · orG2228
• TychicusΤυχικόςTuchikos · TychicusG5190
• be diligentσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• to comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• NicopolisΝικόπολιςNikopolis · NicopolisG3533
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• I have determinedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• to winterπαραχειμάζωparacheimazō · to winterG3914

Commentaries on Titus 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12When I shall send Artemas - or Tychicus - These were either deacons or presbyters, which the apostle intended to send to Crete, to supply the place of Titus. Who Artemas was we know not; he is not mentioned in any other place in the New Testament. Tychicus was a native of Asia, as we learn from Acts 20:4; (note). Be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis - Nicopolis was a city of Epirus, on the gulf of Ambracia, near to Actium, which Augustus built in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12When I shall send Artemas unto thee - This person is not elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, and nothing more is known of him. Or Tychicus - Notes, Acts 20:4. Be diligent - Notes, 2 Timothy 4:9. “To come unto me to Nicopolis.” It was at this place, probably, that this epistle was written. In regard to its situation, see Introduction, Section 4. For I have determined there to winter - Why Paul designed to spend the winter there, or what he purposed…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 Christianity is not a fruitless profession; and its professors must be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. They must be doing good, as well as keeping away from evil. Let "ours" follow some honest labour and employment, to provide for themselves and their families. Christianity obliges all to seek some honest work and calling, and therein to abide with God. The apostle concludes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Evidently Artemas or Tychicus would be Titus’s replacement on Crete. Since Tychicus was in fact sent to Ephesus (see 2 Timothy 4:12), Artemas might have been the one who went to Crete. Nicopolis: Several cities had this name. This was most likely a major city on the western coast of the Greek peninsula (a piece of land surrounded mostly by water but connected to the mainland on one side). It is possible Paul had worked here before (see Romans 15:19, which…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. When I shall send--have sent. Artemas or Tychicus--to supply thy place in Crete. Artemas is said to have been subsequently bishop of Lystra. Tychicus was sent twice by Paul from Rome to Lesser Asia in his first imprisonment (which shows how well qualified he was to become Titus' successor in Crete); Ep 6:21; and in his second, 2Ti 4:12. Tradition makes him subsequently bishop of Chalcedon, in Bithynia. Nicopolis--"the city of victory," called so from…Read the comment

Topics related to Titus 3:12

• Artemas
• Nicopolis
• Titus
• Tychicus
• Winter

In the dictionaries

• Tychicus
• Admonition
• Constantly
• Contention
• Nicopolis
• Principality
• Regeneration
• Serve
• Striving
• Subject

Commentaries on Titus 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings