Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Titus 3:12

"When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter." — Titus 3:12 (ASV)

Paul announces his plans for the future as they concern Titus. Another worker will be sent to replace Titus in Crete; the latter’s assignment to Crete was not permanent. At the time of writing, however, neither the time nor the final selection of the replacement has been determined. Nothing further is known of Artemas. Tychicus was a trusted coworker who on several occasions appears as traveling with or for Paul (Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21–22; Colossians 4:7–8; 2 Timothy 4:12). As soon as a replacement arrives, Titus must proceed as quickly as possible to Nicopolis, apparently the city in Epirus on the west coast of Greece. Paul plans to spend the winter there, presumably making it a base of operation for work in Dalmatia. “There” shows that Paul is not yet there. The place of writing is unknown, but it may have been Corinth.