1Ti 5:13, Tit 2:5 | JFB | e4.org | 13. withal —"at the same time, moreover." learn —usually in a good sense. But these women's "learning" is idleness, trifling, and busybodies' tattle. wandering — Greek, "going about." from house to house —of the members of the Church ( ). "They carry the affairs of this house to that, and of that to this; they tell the affairs of all to all" [THEOPHYLACT ]. tattlers —literally " trifling talkers." In , translated "prating." busybodies —mischievously busy; inconsiderately curious ( ). , "curious," the same Greek. Curiosity usually springs from idleness, which is itself the mother of garrulity [CALVIN ]. speaking —not merely " saying. " The subject-matter, as well as the form, is involved in the Greek word [ALFORD ]. which they ought not

‏ 1 Timothy 5:13

13. withal—"at the same time, moreover."

learn—usually in a good sense. But these women's "learning" is idleness, trifling, and busybodies' tattle.

wandering—Greek, "going about."

from house to house—of the members of the Church (2Ti 3:6). "They carry the affairs of this house to that, and of that to this; they tell the affairs of all to all" [THEOPHYLACT].

tattlers—literally "trifling talkers." In 3Jo 10, translated "prating."

busybodies—mischievously busy; inconsiderately curious (2Th 3:11). Ac 19:19, "curious," the same Greek. Curiosity usually springs from idleness, which is itself the mother of garrulity [CALVIN].

speaking—not merely "saying." The subject-matter, as well as the form, is involved in the Greek word [ALFORD].

which they ought not— (Tit 1:11).

‏ Titus 2:5

5. keepers at home—as "guardians of the house," as the Greek expresses. The oldest manuscripts read, "Workers at home": active in household duties (Pr 7:11; 1Ti 5:13).

good—kind, beneficent (Mt 20:15; Ro 5:7; 1Pe 2:18). Not churlish and niggardly, but thrifty as housewives.

obedient—rather "submissive," as the Greek is translated; (see on Eph 5:21, 22; Eph 5:24).

their own—marking the duty of subjection which they owe them, as being their own husbands (Eph 5:22; Col 3:18).

blasphemed—"evil spoken of." That no reproach may be cast on the Gospel, through the inconsistencies of its professors (Tit 2:8, 10; Ro 2:24; 1Ti 5:14; 6:1). "Unless we are virtuous, blasphemy will come through us to the faith" [THEOPHYLACT].