1 Timothy 4:14

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you,

for he who welcomes him participates in his evil deeds.

Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

Let all that you do be done in love.

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”

He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

Yahweh’s Spirit came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. His hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.

Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Don’t quench the Spirit.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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

Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,