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.
KJV
μὴ ἀμέλει τοῦ ἐν σοὶ χαρίσματος, ὃ ἐδόθη σοι διὰ προφητείας μετὰ ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου.
Greek NT
Noli negligere gratiam, quæ in te est, quæ data est tibi per prophetiam, cum impositione manuum presbyterii.
Vulgate
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
ASV
Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πρεσβυτέριον
presbuterion
noun · 3×
προφητεία
propheteia
noun · 19×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
χάρισμα
charisma
noun · 17×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἀμελέω
ameleo
verb · 4×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπίθεσις
epithesis
noun · 4×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1556To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and by the imposition of hands they passed on to their auxiliaries the gift of the Spirit, which is transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration."35
2. And God has set some in the Church: first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, various kinds of tongues. Thus what I spoke of before, this also he now does. Because they thought highly of themselves in respect of the tongues he sets it last every where. For the terms, first and secondly, are not used by him…
1. They who drink bitter medicines, first submit to some unpleasantness, and afterwards feel the benefit. For such is virtue, such is vice. In the latter there is first the pleasure, then the despondency: in the former first the despondency, and then the pleasure. But there is no equality; for it is not the same, to be first grieved and afterwards pleased, and to be first pleas…
We believe that there are in the Church Evangelical Mysteries [i.e. Sacraments], and that they are seven. For a less or greater number of the Mysteries we have not in the Church; since any number of the Mysteries other than seven hath no foundation in Scripture, or in the Doctors and Councils of the Church. And these seven are as follows: Baptism, Confirmation (Chrismation), th…
We will that candidates for the Gospel ministry henceforth study the Holy Scriptures with fervent prayer and obtain their license to preach from God, not from a presbytery. The call to ministry is divine, not institutional, and no human body has the authority to grant or withhold what God has bestowed.
Tertullian argues that the apostles delivered the full deposit of faith to the churches they founded. These apostolic churches have preserved the doctrine intact through their bishops. What Paul committed to Timothy, Timothy committed to faithful men, and so the chain of authentic teaching continues unbroken.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:1 — Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
- 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
- 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
- 1Tim 1:18 — This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
- 1Tim 1:18 — This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
- 1Tim 5:22 — Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
- 1Tim 5:22 — Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
- 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
- 2Tim 1:6 — Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
- 2Tim 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
- Acts 6:6 — Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
- Acts 6:6 — Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
- Acts 13:3 — And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- Acts 13:3 — And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Col 4:17 — And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
- Deut 34:9 — And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Ezek 2:8 — But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
- Heb 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
- John 10:2 — But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
- Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
- Num 27:18 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;