“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control — the fundamental principle: the Holy Spirit (pneuma) imparted by God opposes phobos (fear) and embodies dynamis (power), agapē (love), and sophrosynē (self-control). Courage, affection, and temperance characterize Spirit-filled ministry.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:7
That is, we did not receive the Spirit, that we should shrink from exertion, but that we may speak with boldness. For to many He gives a spirit of fear, as we read in the wars of the Kings. “A spirit of fear fell upon them.” Exodus 15:16? That is, he infused terror into them. But to you He has given, on the contrary, a spirit of power, and of love toward Himself. This, then, is of grace, and yet not merely of grace, but when we have first performed our own parts. For the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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