Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Thessalonians 3:11

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11. busy bodies —In the Greek the similarity of sound marks the antithesis, "Doing none of their own business, yet overdoing in the business of others." Busy about everyone's business but their own. "Nature abhors a vacuum"; so if not doing one's own business, one is apt to meddle with his neighbor's business. Idleness is the parent of busybodies ( 1 Timothy 5:13 ). Contrast 1 Thessalonians 4:11 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"

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bible-text/2th-3-11

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• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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