2 Timothy 4:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn their attention to myths.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.

American Standard Version (1901)

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Common English Bible

They will turn their back on the truth and turn to myths.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and certainly, they will turn their hearing away from the truth, and they will be turned toward fables.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

2 Timothy 4:4 Cross References

Matthew 13:15

For these people’s minds are dull, and their ears have difficulty hearing, and they have shut their eyes. For if this were not the case, they would perceive what they see with their eyes, and comprehend what they hear with their ears, and understand with their minds and would turn [back to God] again so I would heal them [from their sins].’

Acts 7:57

But they shouted loudly and refused to listen, and then all of them rushed at him.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

And this is the reason that God sends them a strong delusion [to influence them]: It is so that they would believe the lie,

1 Timothy 1:4

and not to listen to legends or exhaustive lists of ancestors. These [only] serve to arouse speculations, rather than [promote] God’s plan which is based on faith.

1 Timothy 4:7

But you should have nothing to do with those worldly myths [See 1:4] and superstitious tales [often] told by old women. Instead, train yourself for living a godly life.

1 Timothy 6:20

[So], Timothy, guard [the Gospel message] which has been entrusted to you, while avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called “knowledge,”

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that all those people in [the province of] Asia deserted me [i.e., those who could have helped me], including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Titus 1:14

instead of paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who reject the truth.

Hebrews 13:25

May God’s unearned favor be with all of you. May it be so.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not use cleverly conceived stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, because we were eyewitnesses of His Majesty [i.e., the apostles had personally seen the miraculous power of Jesus].