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Titus 3:12
When I shall send Artemas unto thee or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me at Nicopolis; for I have determined there to winter.
When I shall send Artemas unto thee or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me at Nicopolis; for I have determined there to winter.
Verse 12. _WHEN 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...
WHEN 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...
III. IN RELATION TO THE WORLD AND FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Instructions (Titus 3:1)_ 2. Warnings (Titus 3:9) 3. Directions (Titus 3:12)...
CLOSING MESSAGES. Paul will send Artemas or Tychicus to fill Titus-' post when he leaves for Nicopolis (doubtless the Nicopolis in Epirus). For Tychicus see 2 Timothy 4:12 *, which implies that he was...
THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Titus 3:1-2)...
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. Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way. See to i...
SEND. App-174. ARTEMAS. Not mentioned elsewhere. TYCHICUS. See Acts 20:4.Ephesians 6:21; 1 Chronicles 4:7; 1 Chronic
_When I shall send_ Lit. -when I shall have sent," aor. subj.: Vulg. -cum misero." Titus would of course wait for his deputy's arrival. _to Nicopolis_ The town of that name _in Epirus_most probably, s...
Personal directions. As to the conjectural chapter of biography of which we have traces here, see introduction, pp. 40 44. We may suppose that the object of the sending Tychicus or Artemas was to take...
ὍΤΑΝ ΠΈΜΨΩ ἈΡΤΕΜΑ͂Ν ΠΡῸΣ ΣῈ Ἢ ΤΥΧΙΚΌΝ. _Whenever I shall have sent Artemas or Tychicus to thee_, sc. probably to supply the place of the Chief Pastor of Crete during the absence of Titus. We learn fro...
12, 13. INVITATION. COME TO ME TO NICOPOLIS: SPEED ON THEIR JOURNEY ZENAS AND APOLLOS...
ΟΤΑΝ (G3752) используется с _conj._, когда, когда бы ни. ΠΈΜΨΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать, ΣΠΟΎΔΑΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΣΠΟΥΔΆΖΩ (G4704) спешить, стараться, делать все возможное...
_TITUS 3:12_.— The apostle proceeds to order Titus to come to him, when the person should arrive, whom he would send to release him; and in the mean time to send _Zenas_ and _Apollos_ to him; but, as...
CONCLUSION 3:12-15 _Text 3:12-15_ 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter. 13 Set forward Zenas the law...
Paul has planned to send Titus a replacement. When the replacement arrives Titus was to meet Paul in Nicopolis. When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, —Artemas is not mentioned anywhere els...
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. WHEN I SHALL SEND ARTEMAS UNTO THEE, OR TYCHICUS - to supply thy pla...
14 The ransom of Christ has a present power. Lawlessness is that basic conception of sin in which it is viewed as a departure from the normal and natural course of things. The ransom Of Christ will ev...
ARTEMAS] Nothing is known of him beyond this mention. Tradition says that he was later bishop of Lystra. TYCHICUS] cp. Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7;...
THE SUBSTANCE AND MANNER OF THE TEACHING TO BE GIVEN. FAREWELL 1-15. 'Remind the Cretans to be loyal citizens, good neighbours. As, through no merit of ours, God won us to Himself, so we must live go...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN V1 Remind the people about these things. The people should let the government and the rulers h...
Paul had decided to spend the winter in a city called Nicopolis. People did not travel far in the winter because of the bad weather. Paul wanted Titus to try to go to Nicopolis too. However, Paul did...
WHEN I SHALL SEND ARTEMAS UNTO THEE, OR TYCHICUS, BE DILIGENT TO COME UNTO ME. — But Titus is here reminded — perhaps with _some_ reference to the question of the treatment of the factious or heretic...
Come to me, as soon as you can be spared. Forward Zenas and Apollos. Let our friends in Crete remember that fruitfulness in good works is the one thing needful for them....
ὅταν πέμψω πρός σε : It is natural to suppose that Artemas or Tychicus would take the place of Titus as apostolic legate in Crete. This temporary exercise of apostolic superintendence marks a stage in...
MAINTAINING GOOD WORKS Titus 3:8 It is wise advice that we should try to shun controversy and disputations. Small benefit accrues from such methods of advancing the truth. After all, the Lord's test...
The final section of the epistle has to do with the Church and the State, dealing with the duty of the Church, arguments impelling to the fulfilment of duty, and the method of realization. The duty of...
CLOSING WORDS Paul apparently planned to send either Artemas or Tychicus to take Titus' place in Crete (compare 2 Timothy 4:12; Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21-22;...
(5) When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. (5) Last of all, he writes a word or two regarding personal matt...
(12) When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. (13) Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligen...
The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
With respect to the conduct of Christians towards the world, grace has banished violence, and the spirit of rebellion and resistance which agitates the heart of those who believe hot, and which has it...
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 t...
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. Ver. 12. _Come unto me to Nicopolis_] The inhabitants of this city a...
_When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus_ To succeed thee in thy office; _be diligent to come unto me_ Tychicus is often mentioned in St. Paul's epistles, but of Artemas we know nothing: only f...
Though we are not of this world, as the blessed hope of Chapter 2:13 reminds us, yet while in it, our relationships toward it are to bear true Christian character. God has Himself constituted proper a...
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 goo...
Of ARTEMAS we read in no other place, but of TYCHICUS often; they were both ministers, one of which Paul intended to send to take care of the church in Crete, in the absence of Titus, whom he would ha...
Titus 3:12 When G3752 send G3992 (G5692) Artemas G734 to G4314 you G4571 or G2228 Tychicus G5190 diligent...
_Conclusion: Personal Directions_, 12-15. Titus 3:12. Titus was soon to be replaced that he might rejoin the apostle. ARTEMAS is unknown; by tradition, Bishop of Lystra. TYCHICUS, of the province...
WHEN I SHALL SEND (οταν πεμψω). Indefinite temporal clause with οταν and the first aorist active subjunctive (or future indicative) of πεμπω (same form).ARTEMAS (Αρτεμαν). Perhaps abbreviation of...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,_ You see, they were a rough, wild, rebellious people in Crete, and Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekne...
CONTENTS: Further instructions concerning pastoral work of a true minister. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos. CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers._ See on Romans 13:1. Titus 3:5. _Not by works of righteousness which we have done._ Good works being strongly enforced here, we...
WHEN I SEND. It was important that someone be there on Crete to replace Titus. Titus was not "bishop of Crete" in the modern sense, but a _teaching evangelist_ (see note on Ephesians 4:11), and so wer...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:12 Closing Encouragement. Paul closes with travel plans and greetings. Even these items echo the letter’s main points. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 3:13. ZENAS THE LAWYER.—Otherwise unknown. Either a Jew learned in the Scriptures, or a _juris consultus_. Perhaps the “lawyer” may show what he was before conv...
EXPOSITION TITUS 3:1 In _subjection _for _subject, _A.V.; _rulers _for _principalities. _A.V.; _to authorities _for _and powers, _A.V. and T.R.; _to be obedient _for _to obey magistrates, _A.V.; _un...
Ver. 12. _When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, make haste to come to me at Nicopolis._ Artemas is nowhere else mentioned; but Tychicus is described at Colossians 4:7 as “a beloved brother,...
But put them in mind to be subject to the principalities and powers, and to obey the magistrates, and to be ready to every good work (Titus 3:1), So here as in many other places, the Christian is exho...
1 Corinthians 16:6; 1 Corinthians 16:8; 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Timothy 4:12;...
Nicopolis. There were several cities of this name, one in Cilicia, one in Thrace, and one in Epirus. It is uncertain which one is meant here. To winter [π α ρ α χ ε ι μ α σ α ι]. Comp. Acts 27:12; Act...
When I shall send Artemas or Tychicus — To succeed thee in thy office. Titus was properly an evangelist, who, according to the nature of that office, had no fixed residence; but presided over other el...
Our apostle having finished all such common precepts as respected the whole church in Crete, he now passeth to such private affairs as did more particularly respect the person of Titus and himself. Fi...