Why does Paul warn about people with “itching ears” (2 Timothy 4:3-4)?
Reading Time: 8 minutesQuestion 0013 In his final letter, penned in the shadow of martyrdom, the Apostle Paul issues one of Scripture’s most memorable warnings about the future condition of the church. The vivid imagery of “itching ears” captures a spiritual pathology that would characterise not a distant apostasy but an imminent danger requiring Timothy’s immediate attention. This…