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

Commentaries

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Will turn away their ears (την ακοην αποστρεψουσιν). Future active of old verb αποστρεφω. See 1 Corinthians 12:17 for …

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth. That is, the people themselves will turn away from the truth. It does not mean that th…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth.—This was the punishment of those who would only listen to what was pl…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

When a man will not believe the truth, he is sure before long to be a greedy believer of lies. No persons are so credulous as skeptics.

There…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

People like this will “turn away” (GK 693; cf. 1:15) their ears from the truth and will “turn aside” (GK 1762; see 1 Timothy 1:6; 5:15;…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth
The solid truths of the Gospel, not being able to bear the hearin…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

People will turn away from the truth; they will grow weary of the plain gospel of Christ, they will be greedy for fables, and take pleasure in them…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Having mentioned the dangers that will appear in the last days and Timothy’s ability to resist them, the Apostle now shows him how to res…

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