1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ¹  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ²  when the elders laid hands on you. ³ 

1 Timothy 5:8

5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own, ⁴  especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹ tn Grk “in you.”

² 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.”

³ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).

⁴ tn That is, “his own relatives.”