7 for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba -- Father.'
fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;
but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;
`And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'
Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,
My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,
Mine `is' counsel and substance, I `am' understanding, I have might.
and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;
but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.
Jesus who `is' from Nazareth -- how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;
and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;
for whether we were beside ourselves, `it was' to God; whether we be of sound mind -- `it is' to you, for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,
`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
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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,