1 Timothy 4:2

2Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

2by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,

2by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,

2[misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning],

2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

2Teachings like those come from liars who pretend to be what they are not. Their sense of what is right and wrong has been destroyed. It’s as though it has been burned with a hot iron.