2 Timothy 4:4

And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

In Context

3For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

5But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

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Cross References

Zechariah 7:11But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

1 Timothy 1:4Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;

1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

Titus 1:14Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

2 Peter 1:16For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 4:2-9

Ministerial Duties; The Apostle's Joyful Expectation. ( a. d. 66.) 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from… Read the whole commentary →

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