II Timothy 1:6, 14

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“Wherefore I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands…That good thing which was committed unto you keep by the Holy Ghost which dwells in us.”

What was the “gift of God,” which entered Timothy, probably at ordination, through the laying on of Paul’s hands?

Since Paul did not baptize Timothy, he was almost certainly speaking of ordination, which may have brought additional gifts from the Holy Spirit already present from conversion. II Tim 1:14 reveals that God’s Spirit was capable of keeping this gift (“that good thing”) intact. Most likely, the gift seems to have been either a special ability to speak, as an evangelist, or perhaps a special faith that Timothy needed to carry out his ministry.

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