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# For the time will come when
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"Because at some time in the future"
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# people
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The context indicates that these will be people who are a part of the community of believers.
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# will not endure sound teaching
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"will no longer want to listen to sound teaching"
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# sound teaching
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This means the teaching that is true and correct, according to God's word.
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# they will heap up for themselves teachers according to their own desires
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Paul speaks of people obtaining many teachers as if it were putting them into a heap or pile. AT: "they will listen to many teachers who assure them that there is nothing wrong with their sinful desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# who say what their itching ears want to hear
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Paul speaks of people strongly wanting to hear something as if their ears itched and could only be satisfied if teachers taught them what they wanted to hear. AT: "who say only what they want so much to hear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# They will turn their hearing away from the truth
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Paul speaks about people no longer paying attention as if they were physically turning away so they cannot hear. AT: "They will no longer pay attention to the truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they will turn aside to myths
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"Turn aside" here is an idiom for "change direction toward." AT: "they will change direction toward teachings that are not true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]).
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# be sober-minded
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Paul wants his readers to think correctly about everything, and he speaks about them as if he wanted them to be sober, that is, not drunk with wine. AT: "think clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the work of an evangelist
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This means to tell people about who Jesus is, what he did for them, and how they are to live for him.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/endure]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teacher]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/turn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/suffer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evangelism]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]] |