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

biblegateway 2Ti 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.

For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

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

biblegateway 2Ti 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

bibleoremus 2Ti 1:7

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

For the spirit that God gave us is no cowardly spirit, but one to inspire power, love, and self-discipline.

biblegateway 2Ti 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

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

biblegateway 2Ti 1:7

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

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.