1 Timothy 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Bible Comments

idle. Greek. (argos. See Matthew 12:36. Compare the verb ketargeo. Luke 13:7. Add "also".

wandering about. Greek. pericrct omoi. See Acts 19:13.

tattlers. Greek. phletaros. Only here. The verb 3 John 1:10.

busybodies Greek. periergos. See Acts 19:19.

speaking. App-121.

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1 Timothy 5:13

13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.