2 Timothy 4:3

“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;”

"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;" - 2 Timothy 4:3
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What does 2 Timothy 4:3 mean?

The Bible verse 2 Timothy 4:3 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "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." This verse is found in the New Testament, specifically…

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Heavenly Father, As I come before Your holy throne today, my heart is heavy with the weight of the world we live in. I reflect on the words of Paul in 2 Timothy 4:3, where he exhorts us, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts…

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2 Timothy 4:3 - "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;"
2 Timothy 4:3-4 - "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; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
"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; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." - 2 Timothy 4:3-4
2 Timothy 3:4 - "Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;"
1 Timothy 2:3-4 - "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 4:5
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2 Timothy 3:16
"Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;" - 2 Timothy 3:4
2 Timothy 2:3 - "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
2 Timothy 4:12 - "And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus."
2 Timothy 4:19 - "Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus."
2 Timothy 4:4 - "And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
2 Timothy 3:3 - "Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,"
1 Timothy 2:3 - "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;"
2 Timothy 3:7 - "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 4:9 - "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:"
1 Timothy 3:4 - "One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;"
2 Timothy 4:2 - "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
1 Timothy 4:2 - "Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"
2 Timothy 4:22 - "The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen."
2 Timothy 3:1 - "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."
2 Timothy 3:2 - "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,"
2 Timothy 3:5 - "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
2 Timothy 4:20 - "Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick."
1 Timothy 2:4 - "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 4:6 - "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand."
2 Timothy 3:12 - "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."