Titus 3:14 (ASV)

Passage

And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Nearby Context

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 3:13 Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

Titus 3:14 And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Titus 3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Salute them that love us in faith. Grace be with you all.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good works", "people", "learn", "maintain", "necessary", "uses", and "unfruitful". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good works" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos..." into verse 15's "All that are with me salute thee...", so "good works" and "people" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "good works" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.