Acts 17:21 Cross References - AUV

²¹ (Now the local people of Athens, along with foreigners who lived there, spent [about] all their time telling about or listening to some new idea.)

¹⁶ making the most of every opportunity, because these days are evil.

⁵ Be wise in the way you live in front of outsiders [i.e., non-Christians], making the most of every opportunity.

¹¹ For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, refusing to work, but [instead] are just being busybodies. ¹² Now we command and urge such people, in [the fellowship of] the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and earn their own living.

¹³ And on top of that, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not be.

¹⁶ But avoid worldly, empty chatter, for those who practice it will become more and more ungodly, ¹⁷ and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among these people are Hymenaeus and Philetus,