1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you according to prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
13Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
Cross References
Luke 19:12He said, therefore: A certain nobleman went into a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Acts 8:17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:6And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
1 Thessalonians 5:19Quench not the Spirit.
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no man, nor be partaker of other men’s sins: keep yourself pure.
1 Peter 4:9Be hospitable, one to another, without murmuring.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:7-16
Exhortation to Godliness; Exhortation to Ministerial Duties. ( a. d. 64.) 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is… Read the whole commentary →