11 translations · Greek
2 Timothy 1:7
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- KJV King James Version
- For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- God didn't give us a spirit that makes us fearful, but a spirit of power and love and good sense.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
- DBY Darby Translation
- For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of sobriety.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| οὐ | ou | {has} not | G3756 οὐ no |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἔδωκεν | edōken | given | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ἡμῖν | hēmin | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | a spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| δειλίας | deilias | of fear | G1167 δειλία timidity |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| δυνάμεως | dynameōs | of power | G1411 δύναμις power |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἀγάπης | agapēs | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| σωφρονισμοῦ | sōphronismou | self-control | G4995 σωφρονισμός self-discipline |
Related verses
- Romans 8:15
For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- 1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
- John 14:27
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
- Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
- Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
- Proverbs 2:7
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
- Proverbs 8:14
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
- Romans 5:5
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
6 For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
8 Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
Read all of 2 Timothy 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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