1 Timothy 4:14

Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

In Context

13Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

15Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

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Cross References

Luke 19:12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far 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 19:6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

1 Thessalonians 5:19Don’t quench the Spirit.

1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

1 Peter 4:9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

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 →

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