Titus 3:14 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 3:14

And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

But also let our people learn to lead in good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful. He had said above: Send Zenas, the teacher of the law, and Apollo and care for them that nothing be wanting to them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And let ours also learn to maintain good works,.... By which are not only meant honest trades, as some choose to render the words: it is true, that a trade is a work; and an honest lawful employment of life is a good work; and which ought to be maintained, attended to, and followed, and to be learnt, in order to be followed.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That they be not unfruitful. Christianity is not a fruitless profession; the professors of it must be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And let others also learn to maintain good works - There is something very remarkable in this expression. The words καλων εργων προΐστασθαι, which we translate to maintain good works, occur also in Tit 3:8; and some think they mean, to provide for our own, and the necessities of others, by working at some honest occupation; and that this was necessary to be taught to the Cretans, let Ours also learn, etc., who were naturally and practically idle gluttons. Kypke observed that the words mean, 1. To be employed in good works.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μανθανέτωσαν	manthanetōsan	should learn	G3129 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
ἡμέτεροι	hēmeteroi	our own [people]	G1473 →
καλῶν	kalōn	to good	G2570 →
ἔργων	ergōn	works	G2041 →
προΐστασθαι	proistasthai	to devote themselves	G4291 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
ἀναγκαίας	anagkaias	necessary	G316 →
χρείας,	chreias	needs,	G5532 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ὦσιν	ōsin	they may be	G1510 →
ἄκαρποι.¶	akarpoi	unfruitful.	G175 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 1:10
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
leads to
- Ephesians 4:1
  As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Peter 1:2–3
  Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
- John 15:16
  You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- 1 John 3:22
  and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Through
Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:11
  No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- John 15:8
  This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
Through
Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
leads to
- Matthew 3:10
  The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Titus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Titus