“ There will be a period of time, ” he wrote, “when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. ” ​ — 2 Timothy 4: 3, 4.
Viņš rakstīja: ” Nāks laiks, kad viņi nepanesīs veselīgo mācību, bet uzkraus sev mācītājus pēc pašu iegribām, kā nu ausis niez, un novērsīs ausis no patiesības, bet piegriezīsies pasakām. ”