14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.
14 And let ours also learn to maintain
14 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
14 Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives.
14 And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
14 Our people must learn to do good by meeting the urgent needs of others; then they will not be unproductive.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Titus 3:14
Commentary on Titus 3:12-15
(Read Titus 3:12-15)
Christianity is not a fruitless profession; and its professors must be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. They must be doing good, as well as keeping away from evil. Let "ours" follow some honest labour and employment, to provide for themselves and their families. Christianity obliges all to seek some honest work and calling, and therein to abide with God. The apostle concludes with expressions of kind regard and fervent prayer. Grace be with you all; the love and favour of God, with the fruits and effects thereof, according to need; and the increase and feeling of them more and more in your souls. This is the apostle's wish and prayer, showing his affection to them, and desire for their good, and would be a means of obtaining for them, and bringing down on them, the thing requested. Grace is the chief thing to be wished and prayed for, with respect to ourselves or others; it is "all good."