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2 Timothy 4:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts, "

2 Timothy 4:3

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1 I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

3 For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,

4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

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2 Timothy 4:1

"I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:"

2 Timothy 4:2

"preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching."

2 Timothy 4:4

"and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables."

2 Timothy 4:5

"But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry."

2 Timothy 4:6

"For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come."

2 Timothy 4:7

"I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith."

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