1 Timothy 4:14

Timothy must not neglect the gift given him through prophecy and the elders' laying on of hands. It calls him to actively use his God-given calling.

Cross-references · 12

• 2 Tim 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 Pet 4:9–11Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
• 1 Tim 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,
• Acts 6:6They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
• 1 Tim 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
• 1 Th 5:19Do not extinguish the Spirit.
• Acts 13:3And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
• Rom 12:6–8We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
• Acts 8:17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Matt 25:14–30For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
• Luke 19:12–26So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
• Acts 19:6And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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