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2Th 3:11. Ἀλλὰ, but) From a state of idleness, the disposition of men is naturally prone to pass to the indulgence of curiosity. For nature always seeks something to do.[28]-ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΑΖΟΜΈΝΟΝς, busybodies [curiously-inquisitive]) Opposed to doing one’s own business,[29] 1Th 4:11.
[28] And if not doing one’s own business, a man for want of something to do meddles with his neighbour’s business. For “Nature abhors a vacuum.”-ED.
[29] The antithesis is conveyed by the very sound of the words in the original, μηδὲν ἐργαζομένους, ἀλλὰ περιεργαζομέυους, doing none of their own business, and yet over-officious in the business of others.-ED.