In his final exhortation, the Apostle Paul—facing his own imminent death—charges Timothy before God and Christ to faithfully preach the Word. Paul warns that a time is coming—and already was in his day—when many will refuse sound doctrine, choosing instead to listen to teachers who say only what their “itching ears” want to hear. This willful rejection of truth isn’t just ignorance—it’s a sign of sinful hearts resisting God, a clear display of man’s depravity.