Titus 3:12-15

Final Instructions and Greeting

3:12 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. 3:13 Make every effort to help ¹  Zenas the lawyer ²  and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need. ³  3:14 Here is another way that our people ⁴  can learn ⁵  to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful. 3:15 Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. ⁶  Grace be with you all. ⁷ 

[3:13]  ¹ tn Grk “Eagerly help.”

[3:13]  ² 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.

[3:13]  ³ tn Grk “that nothing may be lacking for them.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “that those who are ours” (referring to the Christians).

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “and also let our people learn.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Or “faithfully.”

[3:15]  ⁷ tc Most witnesses (א² D¹ F G H Ψ 0278 Ï lat sy bo) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, early and excellent witnesses (א* A C D* 048 33 81 1739 1881 sa) lack the particle, rendering the omission the preferred reading.