2 Timothy 4:4

4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ¹ 

2 Timothy 4:6

4:6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart ²  is at hand.

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¹ sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.

² tn Grk “of my departure.”