Psithurismos denotes gossip listed among the disruptive behaviors feared in 2 Corinthians 12:20.

The attested use places the term among behaviors feared to be present in the Corinthian community, alongside quarreling, anger, rivalries, slanders, arrogance, and disorder.

1. Gossip within a list of community disorders · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 12:20, the nominative plural form occurs in a feared list of conditions that may be found on arrival. The APB renders the list with “gossip” among quarreling, zeal, outbursts of anger, rivalries, slanders, arrogance, and disorder.

   2 Corinthians 12:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 12:20, the APB includes “gossip” in a list of feared community behaviors.