1 Timothy 4:14
Do not be willing to neglect the grace that is within you, which was given to you through prophecy, with the imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
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13Until I arrive, attend to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.
15Meditate on these things, so that your progress may be manifest to all.
Cross References
Luke 19:12Therefore, he said: “A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, 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 had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came over them. And they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.
1 Thessalonians 5:19Do not choose to extinguish the Spirit.
1 Timothy 5:22You should not be quick to impose hands on anyone, nor should you take part in the sins of outsiders. Keep yourself chaste.
1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
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 →