1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the church elders were laid on your head.
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In Context
13Until I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.
15Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to everyone.
Cross References
Luke 19:12He said, “A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a kingdom and then return.
Acts 8:17Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:6and, after Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit descended on them, and they began to speak in other languages and to preach.
1 Thessalonians 5:19Do not quench the Spirit;
1 Timothy 5:22Never ordain anyone hastily, and take no part in the wrongdoing of others. Keep your life pure.
1 Peter 4:9Never grudge hospitality to one another.
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 →