2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

Bible in Basic English

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

6For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

8Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

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Cross References

Psalms 119:80Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.

Proverbs 8:14Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Zechariah 4:6This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.

Luke 10:19See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

Luke 24:49And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

Acts 1:8But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends 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 →

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