2 Timothy 1: Not a Spirit of Fear
2 Timothy 1 opens with the name Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, writing to Timothy, his beloved child. Paul thanks God for Timothy's sincere faith, which his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice had before him. He reminds Timothy to stir up God's gift, because God gave us a spirit of power, love, and self-control, not fear. Paul is a prisoner, but he is not ashamed, because he knows the One he has believed. He thanks God for Onesiphorus, who was not ashamed of Paul's chain.