2 Timothy 4:4

4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ¹ 

2 Timothy 4:10

4:10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved ²  the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. ³  Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

¹ 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.

² tn Grk “having loved.”

³ map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.