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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 5:13

Verse 13. And withal they learn to be idle] They do not love work, and they will not work.

Wandering about from house to house] Gadding, gossiping; never contented with home; always visiting.

And not only idle] If it went no farther, this would be intolerable; but they are tattlers-tale-bearers; whisperers; light, trifling persons; all noise and no work.

Busybodies] Persons who meddle with the concerns of others; who mind every one's business but their own.

Speaking things which they ought not.] Lies, slanders, calumnies; backbiting their neighbours, and everywhere sowing the seed of dissension.

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