2 Timothy 4:4-5

4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ¹  4:5 You, however, be self-controlled ²  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

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 Or “sober,” “temperate.”