2 Timothy 4:4

4 et a veritate quidem auditum avertent ad fabulas autem convertentur

2 Timothy 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 4:4

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, and, unprofitable; and which are no better than old wives' fables; some respect may be had either to Jewish fables, or to the miraculous mythologies of the Gentiles, or of the Gnostics, and others: but in general, it includes everything that is vain, empty, and senseless; and this is to be considered as a just judgment upon them; that since they like not to retain the knowledge of the truth, but turn away their ears from it, God gives them up to a reprobate mind, a mind void of sense and judgment, to attend to things idle and fabulous.

2 Timothy 4:4 In-Context

2 praedica verbum insta oportune inportune argue obsecra increpa in omni patientia et doctrina

3 erit enim tempus cum sanam doctrinam non sustinebunt sed ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros prurientes auribus

4 et a veritate quidem auditum avertent ad fabulas autem convertentur

5 tu vero vigila in omnibus labora opus fac evangelistae ministerium tuum imple

6 ego enim iam delibor et tempus meae resolutionis instat