Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Timothy 4:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Timothy 4:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Timothy 4:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, God has given you a special gift, and you shouldn’t forget to use it. People who love you and follow God showed you that you have this gift by praying and putting their hands on you.

1 Timothy 4:14: Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Contradiction with Acts 6:6

This verse describes the laying on of hands as a practice for ordaining deacons, not for imparting a spiritual gift as mentioned in 1 Timothy 4:14.

Acts 6:6: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.

Contradiction with Galatians 1:1

Paul emphasizes that his apostleship is not from men or by man, which contradicts the idea in 1 Timothy 4:14 of receiving a gift through the laying on of hands by the eldership.

Galatians 1:1: Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Contradiction with Colossians 2:18

This verse warns against following human traditions and practices, which might contradict the practice of laying on of hands as a necessary tradition mentioned in 1 Timothy 4:14.

Colossians 2:18: Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, [beguile...: or, judge against you] [in a...: Gr. being a voluntary in humility]
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