1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee with prophecy, and the hand-laying of the presbytery.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
13Till I come be diligent in reading, and in prayer, and in teaching.
15In these meditate, and in them be, that it may be known to every man that thou goest onward.
Cross References
Luke 19:12And he said, A certain man of a noble house went into a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Acts 8:17Then they laid upon them the hand, and they received the Spirit of Holiness.
Acts 19:6And Paulos laid on them the hand, and the Spirit of Holiness came upon them, and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
1 Thessalonians 5:19The Spirit quench not.
1 Timothy 5:22The hand suddenly on any man lay not, neither participate in others' sins. Keep thyself in purity.
1 Peter 4:9And be lovers of guests 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 →