1 Timothy 4:14

1 Timothy 4:14 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

Context of 1 Timothy 4:14

12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13Until 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. 15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. 16Pay 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.

1 Timothy 4:14 word by word

μὴ ἀμέλει τοῦ ἐν σοὶ χαρίσματος ὃ ἐδόθη σοι διὰ προφητείας μετὰ ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου.Read the interlinear

• Do notμήmē · notG3361
• neglectἀμελέωameleo · to neglectG272
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• giftχάρισμαcharisma · giftG5486
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• was givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• prophecy spokenπροφητείαprophēteia · prophecyG4394
• atμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• laying onἐπίθεσιςepithesis · laying onG1936
• handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• eldersπρεσβυτέριονpresbuterion · council of eldersG4244

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 4:14

• Matthew 25:14For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
• Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
• Romans 12:6We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:19Do not extinguish the Spirit.
• 2 Timothy 1:6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
• 1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
• 1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, 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,
• 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
• Acts 6:6They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
• Acts 8:17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 13:3And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
• Acts 19:6And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Neglect not the gift that is in thee - The word here must refer to the gifts and graces of the Divine Spirit, which Timothy received when set apart to the work of an evangelist by the imposition of St. Paul's hands, 2 Timothy 1:6, and by that of the presbytery or eldership; for it most evidently appears, from this verse and that above quoted, that he received this double imposition, not probably at different times, but on one and the same occasion. These…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Neglect not the gift that is in thee - An important question arises here, to what the word “gift” refers; whether to natural endowment; to office; or to some supposed virtue which had been conferred by ordination - some transmitted influence which made him holy as a minister of religion, and which was to continue to be transmitted by the imposition of apostolic hands. The word which is here used, is rendered “gift” in every place in which it occurs in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Men's youth will not be despised, if they keep from vanities and follies. Those who teach by their doctrine, must teach by their life. Their discourse must be edifying; their conversation must be holy; they must be examples of love to God and all good men, examples of spiritual-mindedness. Ministers must mind these things as their principal work and business. By this means their profiting will appear in all things, as well as to all persons…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14the laying on of the hands: This gesture showed recognition, validity, and blessing (see Acts 13:1–3; 6:6). This was likely the same event as in 2 Timothy 1:6–7 (see 1 Timothy 1:18; compare Romans 12:6–8; 1 Corinthians 12:7–11; Ephesians 4:7–13). This is the way the church validated Paul’s ministry and that of his delegates.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Neglect not the gift--by letting it lie unused. In 2Ti 1:6 the gift is represented as a spark of the Spirit lying within him, and sure to smoulder by neglect, the stirring up or keeping in lively exercise of which depends on the will of him on whom it is bestowed (Mt 25:18, 25, 27, 28). The charism or spiritual gift, is that of the Spirit which qualified him for "the work of an evangelist" (Ep 4:11; 2Ti 4:5), or perhaps the gift of discerning spirits…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 4:14

• Church
• Commandments
• Elder
• Hand
• Meditation
• Minister, Christian
• Miracles
• Timothy

In the dictionaries

• Attendance
• Charge
• Example
• Gifts, spiritual
• Godliness
• Nourish
• Presbytery
• Profane
• Profiting
• Thanksgiving

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings