2 Timothy 4:4 - Exposition

Will turn for they shall turn, A.V.; turn aside for shall be turned, A.V. Will turn away, etc. The sober, sound doctrine of the Word of God, teaching self-discipline, humility, and purity of heart and life, will not assuage their itching ears, and therefore they will turn away from it, and go after more congenial fables—those taught by the heretics. Turn aside ( ἐκτραπήσοναι ); as 1 Timothy 1:6 , note. Fables ( μύθους ); see 1 Timothy 1:4 ; 1 Timothy 4:7 ; Titus 1:14 ; 2 Peter 1:16 (on the Jewish origin of these fables, see Bishop Ellicott's note on 1 Timothy 1:4 ).