1 Timothy 4:14
12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
15 Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
16 Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- KJV
- Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
- DARBY
- Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.
- BLB
- Do not be negligent of the gift in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elderhood.
- ÅB
- Vanskjøtt ikke den nådegave som er i deg, som ble deg gitt ved profetiske ord med håndspåleggelse av de eldste.
- OTB
- Forsøm ikke den åndelige gaven i deg, som ble gitt deg gjennom profeti med håndspåleggelse av de eldste.
- B1930
- Vanskjøtt ikke den nådegave som er i dig, som blev dig gitt ved profetiske ord med håndspåleggelse av de eldste.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Read in context1 Peter 4:9–11
Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:18
Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
Read in contextActs 6:6
They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:22
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not extinguish the Spirit.
Read in contextActs 13:3
And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Read in contextMatthew 25:14–30
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
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