2 Timothy 4:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Timothy 4:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Timothy 4:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,”
2 Timothy 4:3 — World English Bible
2 Timothy 4:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; ”
2 Timothy 4:3 — American Standard Version
2 Timothy 4:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,”
2 Timothy 4:3 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Timothy 4:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear; ”
2 Timothy 4:3 — Darby Translation
2 Timothy 4:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers,”
2 Timothy 4:3 — Geneva Bible
2 Timothy 4:3 in Context — 2 Timothy 4
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering 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.
What Does 2 Timothy 4:3 Mean?
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