2 Timothy 4:3–5

4:3 For there will be a time when people5 will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires,6 they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.7 4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.8 4:5 You, however, be self-controlled9 in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

5	tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6	tn Grk “in accord with.”
7	tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”
8	sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.
9	tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”