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2 Timothy 1:6–7

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6This is why I remind you to keep using the gift God gave you when I laid my hands on n you. Now let it grow, as a small flame grows into a fire. 7God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

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2 Timothy 1:7: for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Footnotes

  1. nlaid my hands on The laying on of hands had many purposes, including the giving of a blessing, power, or authority.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.