7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
But 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.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
See, 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.
And 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.
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.
And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.
Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.
For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you. For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
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Commentary on 2 Timothy 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 1
After the introduction (v. 1, 2) we have,
2Ti 1:1-5
Here is,
2Ti 1:6-14
Here is an exhortation and excitation of Timothy to his duty (v. 6): I put thee in remembrance. The best men need remembrancers; what we know we should be reminded of. 2 Pt. 3:1, I write this, to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.
2Ti 1:15-18
Having (v. 13, 14) exhorted Timothy to hold fast,