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Gill's Exposition
And withal they learn to be idle,.... Being at ease, and without labour, living at the expense of the church: "wandering about from house to house"; having nothing else to do: such an one is what the…
Barnes' Notes
Having damnation - Or, rather, having “condemnation;” or incurring guilt. This does not mean of necessity that they would lose their souls; see the phrase explained in the notes on 1Co 11:29. The…
Adam Clarke
Having damnation - In the sense in which we use this word I am satisfied the apostle never intended it. It is likely that he refers here to some promise or engagement which they made when taken on the…
Directions are here given concerning the taking of widows into the number of those who were employed by the church and had maintenance from the church: Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honour…
Cambridge Bible
Corruptio optimi fit pessima; Christ, trust in Christ, the life of Christ, weresupreme during the former marriage; into the loneliness of widowhood, not safeguarded by age, the flesh and the devil…
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