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2 Timothy 4:3-5
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3 For there will be a time when people[a] will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires,[b] they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.[c] 4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.[d] 5 You, however, be self-controlled[e] in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

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  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Timothy 4:3 tn Grk “in accord with.”
  3. 2 Timothy 4:3 tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”
  4. 2 Timothy 4:4 sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.
  5. 2 Timothy 4:5 tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”
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