en_tn_condensed/1ti/04/14.md

Do not neglect the gift that is in you

"Do not neglect your spiritual gift"

Do not neglect

"Be sure to use"

which was given to you through prophecy

"which you received when leaders of the church spoke God's word"

laying on of the hands of the elders

This was a ceremony in which the church leaders put their hands on Timothy and prayed that God would enable him to do the work he had commanded him to do.