1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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In Context
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
15Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your profiting may appear to all.
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 Spirit. (o. pneuma)
Acts 19:6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit (o. pneuma) came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
1 Thessalonians 5:19Quench not the Spirit. (o. pneuma)
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.
1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
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 →