2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
For we heare that there are some which walke among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busi-bodies.
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- 1 Timothy 5:13Rank 1 from verse 11
13And 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.
13And withall they learne to bee idle, wandering about from house to house; and not onely idle, but tatlers also, and busibodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11Rank 2 from verse 11
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6Rank 3 from verse 11
6Now 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.
6Now we command you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdraw your selues from euery brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which hee receiued of vs.
- 1 Peter 4:15Rank 4 from verse 11
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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disorderly
Not walking or behaving according to received order, instruction, or fitting discipline; irregular, idle, or meddlesome in conduct.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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busybodies
Persons who neglect their proper work while meddling in other people’s affairs, often carrying talk they ought not speak.
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10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
10For euen when wee were with you, this wee commanded you, that if any would not worke, neither should he eate.
11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
11For we heare that there are some which walke among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busi-bodies.
Selected passage12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
12Now them that are such, we command, and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that with quietnesse they worke, and eat their owne bread.