2 Timothy 4:3-6
English Standard Version
3 (A)For the time is coming when people will not endure (B)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and (C)will turn away from listening to the truth and (D)wander off into myths. 5 As for you, (E)always be sober-minded, (F)endure suffering, do the work of (G)an evangelist, (H)fulfill your ministry.
6 For (I)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my (J)departure has come.
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2 Timothy 4:3-6
New International Version
3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(A) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(B) 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(C) 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,(D) do the work of an evangelist,(E) discharge all the duties of your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering,(F) and the time for my departure is near.(G)
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