4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; `so do I now'.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto `thee', turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
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Commentary on 2 Timothy 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
In this chapter,
2Ti 4:1-8
Observe,
2Ti 4:9-15
Here are divers particular matters which Paul mentions to Timothy, now at the closing of the epistle.
2Ti 4:16-22
Here,