²¹ Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

¹⁶ But ^(A)avoid ^(B)irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, ¹⁷ and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are ^(C)Hymenaeus and Philetus,

^5 (A)Walk in wisdom toward ^(B)outsiders, making the best use of the time.

^16 (A)making the best use of the time, because ^(B)the days are evil.

¹³ Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also ^(A)gossips and ^(B)busybodies, saying what they should not.

¹¹ For we hear that some among you ^(A)walk in idleness, not busy at work, but ^(B)busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.^[a]