2 Timothy 4:3-5

4:3 For there will be a time when people ¹  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ²  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ³  4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ⁴  4:5 You, however, be self-controlled ⁵  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

[4:3]  ¹ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ² tn Grk “in accord with.”

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

[4:4]  ⁴ 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.

[4:5]  ⁵ tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”