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13 Now at the same time, they also learn to be idle as they go from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and [a]busybodies [meddlers in things that do not concern them], talking about things they should not mention.

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  1. 1 Timothy 5:13 Paul levels the same criticism against the people in 2 Thess 3:10, 11.

13 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies(A) who talk nonsense,(B) saying things they ought not to.

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