2 Timothy 1:6

2 Timothy 1:6. I put thee in remembrance. The anxiety shows itself again. It is necessary to remind the disciple, shrinking from danger or worry, to ‘stir up' (literally, ‘to rekindle') the gift of God, which, as in the phrase ‘quench not the Spirit,' is thought of as a flame that may dwindle and be extinguished if not cherished and revived.

By the laying on of my hands. As being the chief ordainer (in later ecclesiastical language), he connects the gifts with his own imposition of hands rather than with that of the presbyters who assisted him (1 Timothy 4:14). The passage is not without interest as bearing on the sacramental language of the Church. The outward sign was not only a symbol, but an instrument of the spiritual gift.