2 Timotius 2:16

2:16 But avoid profane chatter, ¹  because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, ² 

2 Timotius 4:3-4

4:3 For there will be a time when people ³  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁴  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁵  4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. ⁶ 

[2:16]  ¹ sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).

[2:16]  ² tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

[4:3]  ³ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”

[4:4]  ⁶ sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.