“"Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy." Here he calls teaching prophecy. "With the laying on of the hands of the presbytery." He speaks not here of Presbyters, but of Bishops. For Presbyters cannot be supposed to have ordained a Bishop.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on 1 Timothy 13
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14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
— 1 Timothy 4:14 —
15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.