2 Timotius 1:7

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

2 Timotius 3:1

Ministry in the Last Days

3:1 But understand this, that in the last days difficult ²  times will come.

[1:7]  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.

[3:1]  ² tn Or perhaps, “dangerous,” “fierce.”