4 and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --
And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.
and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,
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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,