1 Timothy 4:14
Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
15Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.
Cross References
Luke 19:12He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.
Acts 8:17Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:6And Paul having 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 quickly on no man, nor partake in others' sins. Keep thyself pure.
1 Peter 4:9hospitable 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 →