Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The ear brooks not what is opposed to the man's lusts.
turned—Greek, "turned aside" (I Timothy 1:6). It is a righteous retribution, that when men turn away from the truth, they should be turned to fables (Jeremiah 2:19).
fables— (I Timothy 1:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Timothy 4:4:
Isaiah 6:10
1 Timothy 1:4
1 Timothy 1:6
1 Timothy 6:20-21
Titus 1:14
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