TITUS 3:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there — the personal note authenticates the epistle, shifting to practical logistics. Nicopolis (city of victory) in Epirus was the imperial city of Augustus; Paul plans winter quarters there. The delegation of Artemas or Tychicus relieves Titus, allowing his journey to Paul. The note anchors the letter in historical circumstance.
Church Fathers on Titus 3:12
“When I shall send Artemas unto you, or Tychicus; be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis.” What do you say? After having appointed him to preside over Crete, do you again summon him to yourself? It was not to withdraw him from that occupation, but to discipline him the more for it. For that he does not call him to attend upon him, as if he took him everywhere with him as his follower, appears from what he adds: Now Nicopolis is a city of Thrace.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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