NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

2 Timothy 4:4

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

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2 Timothy 4:1–7

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:

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

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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,

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

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

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

7

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

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