Titus 3:12-14
New English Translation
Final Instructions and Greeting
12 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. 13 Make every effort to help[a] Zenas the lawyer[b] and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.[c] 14 Here is another way that our people[d] can learn[e] to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
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- Titus 3:13 tn Grk “Eagerly help.”
- Titus 3:13 tn Although it is possible the term νομικός (nomikos) indicates an expert in Jewish religious law here, according to L&N 33.338 and 56.37 it is more probable that Zenas was a specialist in civil law.
- Titus 3:13 tn Grk “that nothing may be lacking for them.”
- Titus 3:14 tn Grk “that those who are ours” (referring to the Christians).
- Titus 3:14 tn Grk “and also let our people learn.”
Titus 3:12-14
Lexham English Bible
12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make haste to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they may lack nothing[a]. 14 But also our people must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
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- Titus 3:13 Literally “nothing may lack to them”
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