2 Timothy 1:7 meaning and explanation

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

2 Timothy 1:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes to Timothy, his younger coworker in ministry, from prison and near the end of his life. Timothy seems timid, and the surrounding verses urge him to fan into flame his God-given gift and not to be ashamed of the gospel or of Paul in chains.

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