2 Timothy 1:8
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;
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7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Cross References
Psalms 119:46I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Isaiah 51:7Hearken to me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Luke 9:26For whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in that of his Father, and of the holy angels.
John 19:35And he that saw it , testified, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he speaketh truth, that ye may believe.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the 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 →