Titus 3:14 (WEB)

Passage

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:12 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.

Titus 3:13 Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.

Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Titus 3:15 All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

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 "Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on..." into verse 15's "All who are with me greet you...", 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.