2 Timothy 1:7

1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Timothy 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,


tn Or “a spirit,” denoting the human personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4. But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent.

sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.