When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

[a]Wherefore, I put thee in remembrance that thou [b]stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of mine hands.

For God hath not given to us the Spirit of [c]fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:6 He warneth us to set the invincible power of the Spirit, which God hath given us, against those storms which may and do come upon us.
  2. 2 Timothy 1:6 The gift of God is as it were a certain lively flame kindled in our hearts, which the flesh and the devil go about to put out: and therefore we on the contrary side must labor as much as we can to foster and keep it burning.
  3. 2 Timothy 1:7 To pierce us through, and terrify us, as men whom the Lord will destroy.

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