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2 Timothy 4:3
English Standard Version
2 Timothy 4:3
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,
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2 Timothy 4:3
New International Version
2 Timothy 4:3
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)
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