1 Timothy 4:14 (DBY)

Passage

Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

1 Timothy 4:14 Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.

1 Timothy 4:15 Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

1 Timothy 4:16 Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "negligent", "gift", "thee", "been", "given", "through", and "prophecy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "negligent" and "gift", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Till I come give thyself to reading..." into verse 15's "Occupy thyself with these things be wholly...", so "negligent" and "gift" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "negligent" and "gift" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.