7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)Here is an exhortation and excitation of Timothy to his duty (2 Tim. 1:6): I put thee in remembrance . The best men need remembrancers; what we know we should be reminded of. 2 Pet. 3:1; I write this, to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance . I. He exhorts him to stir up the gift of God that was in him . Stir it up as fire under the embers. It is meant of all the gifts and graces the God…
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