2 Timothy 4:2-4
New King James Version
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. (A)Convince, (B)rebuke, (C)exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 (D)For the time will come when they will not endure (E)sound doctrine, (F)but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and (G)be turned aside to fables.
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2 Timothy 4:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 preach (A)the word; be ready [a]in season and out of season; (B)correct, rebuke, and [b]exhort, with [c]great (C)patience and instruction. 3 For (D)the time will come when they will not tolerate (E)sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, 4 and they (F)will turn their ears away from the truth and (G)will turn aside to myths.
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- 2 Timothy 4:2 I.e., whether it is convenient or not
- 2 Timothy 4:2 Or encourage
- 2 Timothy 4:2 Lit all
1 Timothy 4:1-2
New King James Version
The Great Apostasy
4 Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 (B)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience (C)seared with a hot iron,
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- 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly
1 Timothy 4:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Abandonment of Faith
4 But (A)the Spirit explicitly says that (B)in later times some will [a]fall away from the faith, paying attention to (C)deceitful spirits and (D)teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars (E)seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
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- 1 Timothy 4:1 I.e., apostatize
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