1 Timothy 4:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:6-16

The apostle would have Timothy to instil into the minds of Christians such sentiments as might prevent their being seduced by the judaizing teachers. Observe, Those are good ministers of Jesus Christ who are diligent in their work; not that study to advance new notions, but that put the brethren in remembrance of those things which they have received and heard. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you knew them, 2 Pet. 1:12. And elsewhere,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 4:11-16

4:11-16 Make it your business to hand on and to teach these commandments. Do not give anyone a chance to despise you because you are young; but in your words and in your conduct, in love, in loyalty and in purity, show yourself an example of what believing people should be. Until I come, devote your attention to the public reading of the scriptures, to exhortation and to teaching. Do not neglect the special gift which was given to you, when the voices of the prophets picked you out for the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 4:11-16

Certain duties are laid upon Timothy, the young leader designate of the Church. He is to devote himself to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation and to teaching. Here we have the pattern of the Christian Church service. The very first description of a church service which we possess is in the works of Justin Martyr. About the year A.D. 170 he wrote a defence of Christianity to the Roman government, and in it (Justin Martyr: First Apology, 1: 67) he says: "On the day called the day... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 4:11-16

Here in this passage is set out in the most vivid way the personal duty of the Christian leader. (i) He must remember that he is a man set apart for a special task by the Church. The Christian leader does not make sense apart from the Church. His commission came from it; his work is within its fellowship; his duty is to build others into it. That is why the really important work of the Christian Church is never done by any itinerant evangelist but always by its settled ministry. (ii) He... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:14

Neglect not the gift that is in thee ,.... What qualifies men for the work of the ministry is a gift from God: it is not of nature, nor is it mere natural abilities and capacity; nor is it any thing acquired, it is not human learning, or the knowledge of languages, arts, and sciences; nor is it special saving grace; for a man may have all these, and yet not be apt to teach, or fit for the ministry; but it is a peculiar and distinct gift, it is a gift of interpreting the Scriptures, and of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

Neglect not the gift that is in thee - The word χαρισμα here must refer to the gifts and graces of the Divine Spirit, which Timothy received when set apart to the work of an evangelist by the imposition of St. Paul's hands, 2 Timothy 1:6 , and by that of the presbytery or eldership; for it most evidently appears, from this verse and that above quoted, that he received this double imposition, not probably at different times, but on one and the same occasion. These very gifts and graces... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

Verse 14 14Neglect not the gift that is in thee The Apostle exhorts Timothy to employ, for the edification of the Church, that grace with which he was endued. God does not wish that talents — which he has bestowed on any one, that they may bring gain — should either be lost, or be hidden in the earth without advantage. (Matthew 25:18.) To neglect a gift is carelessly to keep it unemployed through slothfulness, so that, having contracted rust it is worn away without yielding any profit. Let each... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:1-16

The history of the Christian Church is the history of the sowing of tares as well as of the sowing of good grain; and it describes the work of seducing spirits as well as that of the Spirit of God. The work of heresy is not merely the denial of true doctrine, but it is the invention and propagation of a multitude of false doctrines. Nor, again, are the false doctrines so invented and promulgated, on the face of them, necessarily ungodly doctrines. On the contrary, they often assume to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:14

The gift ( χάρισμα ). The verb χαρίζομαι means " to give anything freely," gratuitously, of mere good will, without any payment or return ( Luke 7:42 ; Acts 27:24 ; Romans 8:32 ; 1 Corinthians 2:12 , etc.). Hence χάρισμα came to be especially applied to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which are preeminently "free gifts" (see Acts 8:20 ). It is so applied in Romans 1:11 ; Romans 12:6 ; 1 Corinthians 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 12:4 , 1 Corinthians 12:9 , 1 Corinthians... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

Neglect not the gift that is in thee - An important question arises here, to what the word “gift” refers; whether to natural endowment; to office; or to some supposed virtue which had been conferred by ordination - some transmitted influence which made him holy as a minister of religion, and which was to continue to be transmitted by the imposition of apostolic hands. The word which is here used, is rendered “gift” in every place in which it occurs in the New Testament. It is found in the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:6-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 4:11-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 4:11-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 4:11-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

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