2 Timothy 4:4 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

2 Timothy 4:3 For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears:

2 Timothy 4:4 And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

2 Timothy 4:5 But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.

2 Timothy 4:6 For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "indeed", "turn", "away", "hearing", "truth", "turned", and "fables". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "indeed" and "turn", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "For there shall be a time when..." into verse 5's "But be thou vigilant labour in all...", so "indeed" and "turn" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "indeed" and "turn" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.