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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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NASB Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was granted to you through words of prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.
- NLT Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you.
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- 2 Tim 1:6For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
- 1 Pet 4:9–11Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
- 1 Tim 1:18This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
- Acts 6:6whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
- 1 Tim 5:22Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
- 1 Th 5:19Don’t quench the Spirit.
- Acts 13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- Rom 12:6–8Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
- Acts 8:17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Matt 25:14–30“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
- Luke 19:12–26He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
- Acts 19:6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
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