2 Timothy 1:8
Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but suffer together with the good-news according to the power of God.
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In Context
7For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.
Cross References
Psalms 119:46I also will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and shall not be put to shame.
Isaiah 51:7Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings.
Luke 9:26For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of this man when he comes in his glory, and of the Father, and of the holy agents.
John 19:35And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And that man knows that he speaks true, so that ye may believe.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the good-news of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to every man who believes, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.
Romans 8:36Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.
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 →