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Final Remarks and Greetings
These closing lines show that a short letter ending can still teach clearly. The writer gives travel instructions, asks for practical support, urges good works that meet real needs, and ends with greetings and grace.
Understanding the passage
The setting of these words
In Titus 3:12–15, the letter turns to final remarks. The writer names several people, asks Titus to come to Nicopolis after Artemas or Tychicus arrives, urges help for Zenas and Apollos, teaches that people should maintain good works for necessary needs, and closes with greetings and grace.
Titus 3:12–15Main takeaway
This passage teaches believers to give dependable help, maintain good works for necessary needs, share greetings in faith, and receive the closing blessing of grace.
Follow the letter’s teaching
01A careful travel requestThe writer tells Titus to be diligent to come to Nicopolis when Artemas or Tychicus is sent.
Explanation
The writer tells Titus to be diligent to come to Nicopolis when Artemas or Tychicus is sent. The wording shows a clear plan and a prompt response. The letter also says, "I have determined to winter there", which explains why Nicopolis is the destination named here.
02Support for travellersTitus is told to send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey speedily. The aim is plain: "that nothing may be lacking for them".
Explanation
Titus is told to send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey speedily. The aim is plain: "that nothing may be lacking for them". This is practical help for named people. The verse highlights care that supplies what travellers need for their journey.
03Good works with a purposeThe instruction then widens from two travellers to "our people". They are to learn to maintain good works, especially "to meet necessary needs".
Explanation
The instruction then widens from two travellers to "our people". They are to learn to maintain good works, especially "to meet necessary needs". The verse also gives a reason: "that they may not be unfruitful". Good works here are useful actions that answer real needs.
04Greetings and a closing blessingThe letter ends with greetings from those with the writer and a request to greet "those who love us in faith".
Explanation
The letter ends with greetings from those with the writer and a request to greet "those who love us in faith". The final words are, "Grace be with you all. Amen." This closing joins relationships, faith, and a blessing of grace in the letter's final line.
Questions to explore
01What is Titus told to do when Artemas or Tychicus is sent, and what place is named?
Read the command carefully and notice both the action Titus must take and the destination given in the verse.
02What kind of help should Zenas and Apollos receive?
Look for the words about sending them speedily and making sure nothing is lacking for them.
03Why should "our people" maintain good works?
The verse gives two linked reasons: to meet necessary needs and so that they may not be unfruitful.
Read the Bible passage
World English Bible ClassicScripture quotation · Public domain
Titus 3:12–15
12When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
13Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.
14Let our people also learn to maintain good works to meet necessary needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
15All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.