King James Version (KJV)
2 Timothy 4:4
“And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
Verse in context — 2 Timothy 4
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 the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
6
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
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Paul’s final letter, urging faithfulness to the gospel.
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