2 Timothy 1:7

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

Ps 119:80; Pr 2:7; Pr 8:14; Mic 3:8; Zec 4:6; Lu 8:35; Lu 10:19; Lu 15:17; Lu 24:49; Ac 1:8; Ac 6:8; Ac 9:22; Ac 10:38; Ac 20:24; Ac 21:13; Ac 26:11,25; Ro 5:5; Ro 8:15; 1Co 2:4; 2Co 5:13,14; Ga 5:22; Col 1:8; Heb 2:15; 1Pe 1:22; 1Jo 4:18

¹ 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.