Titus 3:12

12 When I shall sende Artemas vnto the or Tichicus be diliget to come to me vnto Nichopolis. For I have determined ther to wynter.

Titus 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Titus 3:12

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus
These were both of them ministers of the Gospel; there is no mention of Artemas anywhere else; some say he was one of the seventy disciples, and that he was afterwards bishop of Lystra; but these are uncertain things; (See Gill on Luke 10:1); the name is a contraction of Artemidorus. Tychicus is often spoken of; and a very great character is given of him by the apostle, in ( Ephesians 6:21 ) ,

be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis;
which was a city, not in Epirus, but in Thrace, situated by the river Nessus, and had its name from a victory obtained there: hither the apostle would have Titus come to him, after one or other of the above ministers were come to Crete; for as the apostle had the care of all the churches upon him, he would not remove a minister from one place to another, without making a provision in their room: his reasons for having Titus come to him, might be either to know the state of the churches in Crete; or because he stood in need of his assistance; or to send him elsewhere:

for I have determined there to winter;
that is, to continue there all the winter; not without labour, but to preach the Gospel, and administer the ordinances to the saints there: and whereas he says "there"; this shows that this epistle was not written from thence, as the subscription asserts; for then he would have said "here", and not "there".

Titus 3:12 In-Context

10 A ma that is geue to heresie after the fyrst and the seconde admonicion avoyde
11 remembrynge that he that is soche is perverted and synneth even damned by his awne iudgement.
12 When I shall sende Artemas vnto the or Tichicus be diliget to come to me vnto Nichopolis. For I have determined ther to wynter.
13 Brynge zenas ye lawear and Apollos on their iorney diligently that nothynge be lackynge vnto them.
14 And let oures olso learne to excell in good workes as farforth as nede requyreth that they be not vnfrutefull.
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