1 Timothy 4:14

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1 Timothy 4:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

15 Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

16 Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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Matthew 25:14

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Matthew 25:17

Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

Matthew 25:18

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Matthew 25:19

After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

Matthew 25:20

The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:21

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:22

The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

Matthew 25:23

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:24

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

Matthew 25:26

‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:27

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

Matthew 25:28

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

Matthew 25:29

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Matthew 25:30

And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Luke 19:12

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

Luke 19:13

Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

Luke 19:14

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:15

When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

Luke 19:16

The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

Luke 19:17

His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

Luke 19:18

The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

Luke 19:19

And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’

Luke 19:20

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

Luke 19:21

For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

Luke 19:22

His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Luke 19:23

Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

Luke 19:24

Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

Luke 19:25

‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

Luke 19:26

He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Romans 12:6

We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

Romans 12:7

if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

Romans 12:8

if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

1 Thessalonians 5:19

Do not extinguish the Spirit.

2 Timothy 1:6

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

1 Peter 4:9

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

1 Peter 4:10

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:18

Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

Acts 6:6

They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Acts 8:17

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 13:3

And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 19:6

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.