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1 Timothy 5:13
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11 But1 refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,  
12 having condemnation because they have cast off their first1 faith.  
13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
14 Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 For some have already turned aside after Satan.
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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Timothy 5:13

withal—"at the same time, moreover."

learn—usually in a good sense. But these women's "learning" is idleness, trifling, and busybodies' tattle.

wandering—Greek, "going about."

from house to house—of the members of the Church (II Timothy 3:6). "They carry the affairs of this house to that, and of that to this; they tell the affairs of all to all" [THEOPHYLACT].

tattlers—literally "trifling talkers." In III John 1:10, translated "prating."

busybodies—mischievously busy; inconsiderately curious (II Thessalonians 3:11). Acts 19:19, "curious," the same Greek. Curiosity usually springs from idleness, which is itself the mother of garrulity [CALVIN].

speaking—not merely "saying." The subject-matter, as well as the form, is involved in the Greek word [ALFORD].

which they ought not— (Titus 1:11).




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