Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Timothy 5:15

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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For--For in the case of some this result has already ensued; "Some (widows) are already turned aside after Satan," the seducer (not by falling away from the faith in general, but) by such errors as are stigmatized in Ti1 5:11-13, sexual passion, idleness, &c., and so have given occasion of reproach (Ti1 5:14). "Satan finds some mischief still for the idle hands to do."

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