📖WEB · 1 Timothy 4:14

What does 1 Timothy 4:14 mean?

"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."

— 1 Timothy 4:14 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

11

Command and teach these things.

12

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

13

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

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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.

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Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

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Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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