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
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What does 2 Timothy 4:3-4 mean?

2 Timothy 4:3-4 from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible 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; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and…

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2 Timothy 4:3-4
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."
2 Timothy 3:4 - "Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;"
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;"
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
2 Timothy 4 7
2 Timothy 4:4 - "And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
2 Timothy 4:12 - "And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus."
2 Timothy 4:19 - "Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus."
"Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;" - 2 Timothy 3:4
2 Timothy 4:9 - "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:"
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."
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."
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 4:15 - "Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words."
2 Timothy 2:4 - "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
2 Timothy 1:4 - "Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;"
2 Timothy 4:14 - "Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:"
2 Timothy 4:11 - "Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry."
2 Timothy 4:13 - "The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments."
"And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." - 2 Timothy 4:4
1 Timothy 4:4 - "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:"
1 Timothy 4:3 - "Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth."
"Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus." - 2 Timothy 4:19