What Does Slothful Mean in the Bible?

: inclined to sloth : indolent.

What does sloth mean biblically?

Definition. The word "sloth" is a translation of the Latin term acedia (Middle English, acciditties) and means "without care". Spiritually, acedia first referred to an affliction to women, religious persons, especially monks, wherein they became indifferent to their duties and obligations to God.

Why sloth is a sin?

Sloth can indicate spiritual laziness

It is a weariness or boredom of the soul that leads to despair. ... Sloth is a sin against God's love in that it goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness.

Alexander Ross

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