2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
2 These liars have lied so well and for so long that they've lost their capacity for truth.
2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
2 These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:2
Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:1-5
(Read 1 Timothy 4:1-5)
The Holy Spirit, both in the Old and the New Testament, spoke of a general turning from the faith of Christ, and the pure worship of God. This should come during the Christian dispensation, for those are called the latter days. False teachers forbid as evil what God has allowed, and command as a duty what he has left indifferent. We find exercise for watchfulness and self-denial, in attending to the requirements of God's law, without being tasked to imaginary duties, which reject what he has allowed. But nothing justifies an intemperate or improper use of things; and nothing will be good to us, unless we seek by prayer for the Lord's blessing upon it.