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.”
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