1 Timothy 4:14

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ ἀμέλει τοῦ ἐν σοὶ χαρίσματος, ὃ ἐδόθη σοι διὰ προφητείας, μετὰ ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου.

Transliteration

Mē amelei of the in you charismatos, which edothē to you dia prophēteias, meta epitheseōs of the cheirōn of the presbyteriou.

Grammar Details

• *Mē amelei*: present, active, imperative, 2nd singular (negative) - do not neglect/be careless of
• *charismatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - gift/grace-gift
• *edothē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - was given
• *dia*: preposition + genitive - through/by means of
• *prophēteias*: genitive, feminine, singular - prophecy
• *meta*: preposition + genitive - with
• *epitheseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - laying on
• *cheirōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of hands
• *presbyteriou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of the eldership/body of elders

Word Meanings

• *amelei*: neglect/be careless of/disregard
• *charismatos*: gift/grace-gift/spiritual endowment
• *edothē*: was given/granted/bestowed
• *prophēteias*: prophecy/prophetic utterance
• *epitheseōs tōn cheirōn*: laying on of hands/imposition of hands
• *presbyteriou*: eldership/body of elders/presbytery

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,
• Acts 6:6 : 6 whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them `their' hands.
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit to thee, child Timotheus, according to the prophesies that went before upon thee, that thou mayest war in them the good warfare,
• 1 Thess 5:19 : 19 The Spirit quench not;
• 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
• Acts 13:3 : 3 then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent `them' away.
• Acts 19:6 : 6 and Paul having laid on them `his' hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,
• Rom 12:6-8 : 6 And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy -- `According to the proportion of faith!' 7 or ministration -- `In the ministration!' or he who is teaching -- `In the teaching!' 8 or he who is exhorting -- `In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- `In simplicity!' he who is leading -- `In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- `In cheerfulness.'
• Acts 8:17 : 17 then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Matt 25:14-30 : 14 `For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, 15 and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately. 16 `And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents; 17 in like manner also he who `received' the two, he gained, also he, other two; 18 and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 `And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them; 20 and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them. 21 `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. 22 `And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them. 23 `His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. 24 `And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter; 25 and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own! 26 `And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter! 27 it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase. 28 `Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents, 29 for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him; 30 and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
• Luke 19:12-26 : 12 He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return, 13 and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business -- till I come; 14 and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us. 15 `And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business. 16 `And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds; 17 and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities. 18 `And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds; 19 and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities. 20 `And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin; 21 for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. 22 `And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow! 23 and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it? 24 `And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds -- 25 (and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) -- 26 for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,
• 1 Pet 4:9-9 : 9 hospitable to one another, without murmuring; 10 each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; 11 if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- `as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.