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1 Timothy 4:14 (WEB)
Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

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§1556Article 6 · The Sacrament of Holy OrdersRead at vatican.va
“To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and by the imposition of hands they passed on to their auxiliaries the gift of the Spirit, which is transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration."” — Catechism footnote: LG 21; Cf. Acts 1:8; 24; Jn 20:22-23; 1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6-7.

John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.12Conference XIII
“And therefore he warns Timothy and says: “Neglect not the grace of God which is in thee;” and again: “For which cause I exhort thee to stir up the grace of God which is in thee.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 14; 2 Tim. i. 6.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.3Festal Letters
“For he who tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but the paths of the slothful are strewn with thorns;’ so that the Spirit forewarns a man not to fall into them, saying, ‘Break up your fallow ground, sow not among thorns.’” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 14; Prov. xii. 11; Ib. xv. 19; Jer. iv. 3.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.4Personal Letters
“Have you not heard the Apostle say, ‘Neglect not the gift that is in thee?’ or have you not read how he accepts the man that had doubled his money, while he condemned the one that had hidden it?” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 14.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 30
“Wherefore I entreat you, do not “neglect this gift.” ( 1 Tim. iv. 14.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 53
“He writes to Timothy who had been trained in the holy writings from a child exhorting him to study them diligently and not to neglect the gift which was given him with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 14.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 146
“And to Timothy he says: “Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 14.
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 67
“Therefore, dearly-beloved, by this unspeakable restoration of our health no place is left us for pride or for idleness: because we have nothing which we did not receive, and we are expressly warned not to treat the gifts of God’s grace with negligence.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. iv. 7, and 1 Tim. iv. 14.
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