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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.

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  1. 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and dayThis verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently and found meThis verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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No Need to Fear

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“For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”

2 Timothy 1:7 (WEB)

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Thank You, God, for making me!

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