1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
13Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
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 laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Acts 19:6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
1 Thessalonians 5:19Quench not the Spirit;
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
1 Peter 4:9using hospitality 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 →