2 Timothy 1:7

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

2 Timothy 2:9

2:9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ²  as a criminal, but God’s message ³  is not imprisoned! ⁴ 

2 Timothy 4:16

4:16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

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.

² tn Or “chains,” “bonds.”

³ tn Or “word.”

⁴ tn Or “chained,” “bound.”