2 Timothy 2:16

2:16 But avoid profane chatter, ¹  because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, ² 

2 Timothy 3:13

3:13 But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, ³  deceiving others and being deceived themselves. ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

[2:16]  ¹ sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

[2:16]  ² tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

[3:13]  ³ tn Grk “will advance to the worse.”

[3:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “deceiving and being deceived.”

[4:4]  ⁵ 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.