2 Timothy 1:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Common English Bible

⁷ God didn’t give us a spirit that is timid but one that is powerful, loving, and self-controlled.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of sobriety.

2 Timothy 1:7 Cross References

Psalm 119:80

May my heart be blameless in thy statutes, that I may not be put to shame!

Proverbs 2:7

he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Proverbs 8:14

I have counsel and sound wisdom, I have insight, I have strength.

Isaiah 11:2

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

Micah 3:8

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 10:19

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

Luke 15:17

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!

Luke 24:49

And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Luke 8:35

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Acts 1:8

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 20:24

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 26:11

And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Acts 26:25

But Paul said, “I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth.

Acts 6:8

And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

Acts 9:22

But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.

Romans 5:5

and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”

1 Corinthians 2:4

and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Colossians 1:8

and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

Hebrews 2:15

and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.