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1 Timothy 5:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


1 Timothy 5:13Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 5:1321 words
GreekMeaning
ἅμαhama
At the same timeadverbG260
δὲde
thenwordG1161
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ἀργαὶargai
to be idleadjectiveG692
μανθάνουσινmanthanousin
they learnverbG3129
περιερχόμεναιperierchomenai
going aboutverbG4022
τὰςtas
thearticleG3588
οἰκίαςoikias
house to housenounG3614
οὐou
notadverbG3756
μόνονmonon
onlyadjectiveG3441
δὲde
thenwordG1161
ἀργαὶargai
idleadjectiveG692
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
φλύαροιphlyaroi
gossipsadjectiveG5397
καὶkai
andwordG2532
περίεργοιperiergoi
busybodiesadjectiveG4021
λαλοῦσαιlalousai
speakingverbG2980
τὰta
thingsarticleG3588
μὴ
notadverbG3361
δέονταdeonta
being properverbG1210
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:13

Paul having discoursed much concerning widows, and having settled the age at which they were to be admitted, saying, “Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old,” and having described the qualifications of a widow, “If she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the Saints' feet,” proceeds now to say, “But the younger widows refuse.” But concerning virgins, though the case of their falling is a much more gross one,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 15 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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