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2 Timothy 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.

KJV

Δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν ἀναμιμνῄσκω σε ἀναζωπυρεῖν τὸ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν μου·

Greek NT

Propter quam causam admoneo te ut resuscites gratiam Dei, quæ est in te per impositionem manuum mearum.

Vulgate

For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.

ASV

For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰτία
aitia
noun · 20×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
χάρισμα
charisma
noun · 17×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἀναζωπυρέω
anazopureo
verb · 1×
ἀναμιμνήσκω
anamimnesko
verb · 6×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπίθεσις
epithesis
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Themes

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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
§1577"Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination."66 The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.67 The college of bishops, with whom the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the twelve an ever-present and ever-active r…
2. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant; calling the signs spiritual, because they are the works of the Spirit alone, human effort contributing nothing to the working such wonders. And intending to discourse concerning them, first, as I said, he lays down the difference between soothsaying and prophecy, thus saying, You know that when you were…
Does perfection bear any relation to charity? Can one be perfect in this life? Does the perfection of this life consist chiefly in observing the counsels or the commandments? Is whoever is perfect in the state of perfection? Are prelates and religious especially in the state of perfection? Are all prelates in the state of perfection? Which is the more perfect, the episcopal or …
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.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
  • 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
  • 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
  • 1Tim 4:6 — 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.
  • 1Tim 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.
  • 1Tim 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.
  • 1Tim 5:22 — Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
  • 2Pet 1:12 — Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
  • 2Pet 1:13 — Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
  • 2Pet 3:1 — This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
  • 2Pet 3:1 — This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
  • 2Tim 2:14 — Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
  • 2Tim 2:14 — Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
  • 2Tim 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
  • Acts 6:6 — Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
  • Acts 8:17 — Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 8:17 — Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 13:3 — And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
  • Acts 19:6 — And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
  • Acts 19:6 — And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
  • Col 4:17 — And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
  • Exod 35:26 — And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
  • Exod 36:2 — And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
  • Heb 6:2 — Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  • Isa 43:26 — Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
  • Jude 1:5 — I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
  • Luke 19:13 — And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
  • Matt 25:15 — And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
  • Matt 25:25 — And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
  • Rom 12:6 — Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
  • Titus 3:1 — Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,