11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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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.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-15)The apostle having commended their obedience for the time past, and mentioned his confidence in their obedience for the time to come, proceeds to give them commands and directions to some who were faulty, correcting some things that were amiss among them. Observe, The best society of Christians may have some faulty persons among them, and some things that ought to be reformed. Perfection is not to…
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