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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul tells Timothy what the Spirit says will happen and encourages him in what he should teach.
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main teaching. Here Paul starts to tell a new part of the teaching.
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# in later times
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Possible meanings are 1) this refers to a time after Paul dies or 2) this is at a latter time in Paul's own life.
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# leave the faith
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Paul speaks of people ceasing to trust in Christ as if they were physically leaving a place or an object. Alternate translation: "stop trusting in Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# and pay attention
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"and give attention" or "because they are paying attention"
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# deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons
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"spirits who trick people and the things that demons teach"
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