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2 Timothy 1:7

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

2 Timothy 2:25

Context
2:25 correcting 2  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth 3 
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[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.

[2:25]  2 sn Correcting is the word for “child-training” or “discipline.” It is often positive (training, educating) but here denotes the negative side (correcting, disciplining).

[2:25]  3 tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”



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