1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
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In The King James Version
In Context
13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
Cross References
Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Acts 8:17Then Peter and John 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 in tongues and prophesied.
1 Thessalonians 5:19Do not extinguish the Spirit.
1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
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 →