2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 119:80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I be not put to shame.
Proverbs 8:14Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.
Zechariah 4:6Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says LORD of hosts.
Luke 10:19Behold, I give you authority to tread over serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and, no, nothing will harm you.
Luke 24:49And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But stay ye in the city until ye are clothed with power from on high.
Acts 1:8But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:7-15
Cautions and Exhortations; Ministerial Fidelity. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according… Read the whole commentary →