2 Timothy 4:3

for [a] season will-be when they-will_not_hold-selves-up/anew of{the being-healthy teaching-ia}; contrariwise, they-will-heap_teachers_upon according-to the own desire-upon-ias to{sameselves}, itching/scratching-selves the heard[noun],

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2Proclaim the word, stand-upon, good-seasonly/opportunely, unseasonably/inopportunely, confute, adjudge-valuation-upon, call-aside in to{every far-[furious]desire-ia[i.e. longsuffering]} and to{teaching[noun]},

4and on-one-hand they-will-turn-off/away-from from of{the truth}, the heard[noun]; on-the-other-hand, they-will-be-turned-out/diverted upon the stories/tales/narratives/myths.

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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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