Verse Comparison: Titus 3:14
American Standard Version
And let our `people' also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Amplified® Bible
And let our own [people really] learn to apply themselves to good deeds (to honest labor and honorable employment), so that they may be able to meet necessary demands whenever the occasion may require and not be living idle {and} uncultivated {and} unfruitful lives.
Contemporary English Version
Our people should learn to spend their time doing something useful and worthwhile.
Darby English Version
and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.
Good News Bible
Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, in order to provide for real needs; they should not live useless lives.
International Standard Version
Our own people should also learn to devote themselves to good works when urgent needs arise, lest they be unproductive.
King James Version
And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
New American Standard Bible
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
New International Version
Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives.
New King James Version
And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not become unfruitful.
Young's Literal Translation
and let them learn -- ours also -- to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
