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Verse 2 Timothy 4:4. _AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE
TRUTH_] The truth strips them of their vices, sacrifices their idols,
darts its lightnings against their easily besetting sins, and
a...
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AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH - That is, the
people themselves will turn away from the truth. It does not mean that
the teachers would turn them away by the influence of their
ins...
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IV. THE LAST WORDS OF THE APOSTLE
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The last charge (2 Timothy 4:1)_
2. His last testimony (2 Timothy 4:6)
3. The last personal messages (2 Timothy 4:9)...
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(_c_) 2 TIMOTHY 4:1. TIMOTHY'S DUTY IN THE CRISIS. Threatened with
such opposition (2 Timothy 3:1) and strengthened by such safeguards (2
Timothy 3:10), Timothy must persistently teach the _positive t...
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I charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the
living and the dead--I charge you by his appearing and by his
Kingdom--herald forth the word; be urgent in season and out of season;...
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PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...
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EARS. hearing, as in 2 Timothy 4:3.
FROM. App-104.
TURNED. See 1 Timothy 1:6.
UNTO. App-104.
FABLES. myths. See 1 Timothy 1:4....
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_shall turn away_their _ears_ Better WILL. The word for -ears" here
and above is literally -the hearing"; it is used in classical Greek
for -ear" when there is reference to the act of hearing, not mer...
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The last appeal. The same warning. The old example
The three main thoughts (see 2 Timothy 3:1) recur, but with added
intensity, in this last brief _appeal_, and _warning_, and _example_.
Similarly in...
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ΚΑῚ�.Τ.Λ., _and will turn away their ears from the truth, and
will turn themselves aside to the myths_. On the μῦθοι see the
notes on 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:7; the definite article here
suggests t...
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CHARGE III. BE DILIGENT IN THE DUTIES OF YOUR OFFICE...
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ΆΠΟΣΤΡΈΨΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΡΈΦΩ
(G654) отворачиваться от.
ΜΫ́ΘΟΣ (G3454) миф (_см._ 1 Timothy 1:4).
ΈΚΤΡΑΠΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. от_ ΕΚΤΡΈΠΩ
(G1624) отворачиваться, отвращаться (_см._...
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PREACH THE WORD 2 Timothy 4:1-5
_TEXT 4:1-5_
1 I charge thee in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall
judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 2
preach the Word...
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And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables.
The ear brooks not what is opposed to the lusts.
TURNED, [ ektrapeesontai (G1624 ] (1 Timothy 1:6). It is a rig...
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12 This is a crucial test of our true state. Are we suffering
persecution? If not, are we in earnest in our will to live devoutly in
Christ Jesus? All who tread this path will be persecuted. Paul hims...
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4:4 turned (e-14) Or 'will be turned aside,' or 'have turned
themselves aside.' Compare 1 Timothy 1:6 ; 1 Timothy 5:15 . Here their
being already turned aside leads them to turn away their ear from th...
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ST. PAUL'S LAST MESSAGES AND COUNSELS
1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close,
exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his
teaching, in view of the immin...
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HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK
2 TIMOTHY
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 4
*PREACH THE *GOSPEL AND TEACH THE TRUTH (4:1-5)
V1 This command I give to you with God and the *Lord Jesus...
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The ears serve as a passage through which the truth may reach the
understanding and the heart. Those who starve their understanding and
heart have no use for the truth, and do not, as they would say,...
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I solemnly charge you, in view of the coming judgment, to be zealous
in the exercise of your ministry while the opportunity lasts, while
people are willing to listen to your admonitions. Soon the craz...
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THE VICTOR'S FINAL CHARGE
2 Timothy 4:1
To the end Paul held to the appearing of Jesus, though he might not
live to see it; and it was to precede and usher in the coming of the
Kingdom. The world of...
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As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's
attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are
four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuke...
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A CHARGE TO TIMOTHY
According to Thomas, the word charge means, "to testify earnestly,
warn, adjure." The serious nature of this charge can be seen in Paul's
calling upon the Father and Son as witness...
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And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto (a) fables.
(a) To false and unprofitable doctrines which the world is now so
bewitched with, that it would rather have...
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(1) В¶ I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and
his kingdom; (2) Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season;...
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Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the
same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things
had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
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Does this perfect and supreme authority of the scriptures set aside
ministry ? By no means; it is the foundation of the ministry of the
word. One is a minister of the word; one proclaims the word rest...
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AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH,.... The solid
truths of the Gospel, not being able to bear the hearing of them:
AND SHALL BE TURNED UNTO FABLES; things idle, trifling, useless, an...
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And they shall turn away _their_ ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables.
Ver. 4. _Turn their ears from the truth_] Aristotle writeth (De
Mirabil. Auscult.) that vultures are killed with...
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Having, in the preceding chapter, explained to Timothy the duties of
his office, as an evangelist, the apostle now proceeds solemnly to
charge him, in the presence of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,...
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TURN AWAY-FROM THE TRUTH; because it condemns them.
FABLES; mystical speculations and frivolous stories....
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AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH AND SHALL BE TURNED
UNTO FABLES....
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FAITHFULNESS IN OFFICE....
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The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his
soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to
observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
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1-5 People will turn away from the truth, they will grow weary of the
plain gospel of Christ, they will be greedy of fables, and take
pleasure in them. People do so when they will not endure that
prea...
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AND THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH; either in
contempt, or scorn of it, as being delivered in too plain notions or
style; or through impatience, not enduring their lusts should be
touc...
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2 Timothy 4:4 and G2532 turn G3303 G654 (G5692) ears G189 from G575
truth G225 and G1161 aside...
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2 Timothy 4:4. UNTO FABLES. The Greek has the article, which, though
it cannot well be given in English, implies that _the ‘_ fables'
will be such as have been named before....
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WILL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS
(την ακοην αποστρεψουσιν). Future active of old
verb αποστρεφω. See 1 Corinthians 12:17 for this use of
ακοη. The people stopped their ears and rushed at Stephen in Acts
7...
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2 Timothy 3:1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,...
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2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and
his kingdom; preach the word;_
We are not to use such strong...
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CONTENTS: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to
His own.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus,
Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Era...
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2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God preach the word._
Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of
God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a wat...
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THEY WILL. Because they really do not want _truth,_ they will turn to
the legends, etc., of the false teachers. See 1 Timothy 1:4; 2 Timothy
3:7 and notes....
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2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:4 MYTHS. See note on 1 Tim. 1:4.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Timothy 4:1. I CHARGE THEE BEFORE GOD.—As in 2 Timothy 2:14. The
word of itself does not mean to swear, but only as connected with
“in the presence of God.”
2 Timot...
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EXPOSITION
2 TIMOTHY 4:1
_In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus _for _therefore before God
and the Lord Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _and by _for _at, _A.V. and
T.R. I CHARGE THEE (διαμαρτύρομαι...
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Ver. 4. And so is it also in regard to the further statement
concerning the errorists in question made in this verse: _and they
will turn away their ears_ (lit. their hearing) _from the truth, but
be...
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Paul said to Timothy,
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:1),
Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and
before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a...
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1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:7; 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:15; Acts 7:57;...
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Shall be turned unto fables [ε π ι τ ο υ ς μ υ θ ο υ ς ε
κ τ ρ α π η σ ο ν τ α ι]. More correctly, will turn aside.
The passive has a middle sense. For fables see on 1 Timothy 1:4....
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LIFE'S BACKWARD AND FORWARD LOOK
2 Timothy 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. There is a time when we should not look backward.
(1) We should not look back with a heart of longing after the
fleshpots of Egy...