Discovery Box1 Timothy 5:19 
Context5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. 1
1 Timothy 4:14
Context4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, 2 given to you and confirmed by prophetic words 3 when the elders laid hands on you. 4
1 sn An allusion to Deut 17:6, 19:15.
2 tn Grk “in you.”
3 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.”
sn These prophetic words perhaps spoke of what God would do through Timothy in his ministry (cf. 1 Tim 1:18).
4 tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).
