Titus 3:14 (YLT)

Passage

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Nearby Context

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

Titus 3:13 Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,

Titus 3:14 and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

Titus 3:15 Salute thee do all those with me; salute those loving us in faith; the grace <FI>is<Fi> with you all!

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently..." into verse 15's "Salute thee do all those with me...", so "good works" and "learn--ours" 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 "learn--ours" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.