Titus 3:14
“And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul urges that believers also learn to devote themselves to good works to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
What Does Titus 3:14 Mean?
Drawing the practical instructions to a close, Paul widens the call beyond travelers like Zenas and Apollos to all the believers, ours. They too must learn to devote themselves to good works that meet urgent needs, so that their lives will not be unfruitful. The word learn implies this is a discipline to be grown into, not merely a feeling.
The theme of good works, sounded throughout the letter, returns once more. Faith is meant to bear fruit, and one clear fruit is practical help offered where it is genuinely needed. A barren faith that produces nothing useful is not what God intends. For the reader, this is a fitting summary of the letter's heart. Saved by grace, we learn to do good, especially good that answers real needs around us. A fruitful life, useful to others and honoring to Christ, is the natural harvest of true faith.