For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
It is a sin to equate walking briskly around the perimeter of a pit being dug with hard work. Perambulation is not production. Pacing back and forth and around and around the perimeter isn't nothing, but it's not the something it says it is. All the work is being done down in the pit by different hands. It may at times be a flurry of activity, but it is never an outlet of output. It is all steam and no engine. It is a lot of work avoiding a lot of work.
Busybodying is activity without productivity. It is movement without progress; action without production; and energy without exertion. It is walking, but it is not working. This is true of it regarding its productivity, but also its pragmatism. It isn't engaged in the real business of doing and it won't produce anything as a result. This kind of work amounts to nothing across the board. It doesn't work. It won't work. It can't work. It is not working in any sense of the word. It may be busy, but it isn't working nor is it going to work out unless it repents.
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