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2 Timothy 4:2-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Timothy 4:2-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching.(A) 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity,[a] will accumulate teachers(B) 4 and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths.(C) 5 But you, be self-possessed in all circumstances; put up with hardship; perform the work of an evangelist; fulfill your ministry.
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- 4:3 Insatiable curiosity: literally, “with itching ears.”
2 Timothy 4:2-5
King James Version
2 Timothy 4:2-5
King James Version
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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2 Timothy 4:2-5
New International Version
2 Timothy 4:2-5
New International Version
2 Preach(A) the word;(B) be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke(C) and encourage(D)—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(E) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(F) 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(G) 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,(H) do the work of an evangelist,(I) discharge all the duties of your ministry.
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