2 Timothy 4:3
4:3 For there will be a time when people 1 will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, 2 they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. 3
2 Timothy 4:17
4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message 4 would be fully proclaimed 5 for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
1 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “in accord with.”
3 tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”
4 tn Or “the preaching.”
5 tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”