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14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have,[a] given to you and confirmed by prophetic words[b] when the elders laid hands on you.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:14 tn Grk “in you.”
  2. 1 Timothy 4:14 tn Grk “which was given to you through prophecy.” Here as in 2:15 the preposition “through” denotes not “means” but accompanying circumstances: “accompanied by prophecy.”sn These prophetic words perhaps spoke of what God would do through Timothy in his ministry (cf. 1 Tim 1:18).
  3. 1 Timothy 4:14 tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).