2 Timothy 3:1

Ministry in the Last Days

3:1 But understand this, that in the last days difficult ¹  times will come.

2 Timothy 4:6

4:6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart ²  is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:3

4:3 For there will be a time when people ³  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁴  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁵ 

[3:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “dangerous,” “fierce.”

[4:6]  ² tn Grk “of my departure.”

[4:3]  ³ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”