2 Timothy 1:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For God gave us {G1325} not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ γὰρ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεὸς πνεῦμα δειλίας· ἀλλὰ δυνάμεως, καὶ ἀγάπης, καὶ σωφρονισμοῦ.

Transliteration

Not for edōken to us the Theos pneuma deilias; but of dynameōs, and of agapēs, and of sōphronismou.

Grammar Details

*edōken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - gave/granted
*hēmin*: dative, 1st plural - indirect object
*Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject
*pneuma*: accusative, neuter, singular - direct object
*deilias*: genitive, feminine, singular - descriptive
*dynameōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - descriptive
*agapēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - descriptive
*sōphronismou*: genitive, masculine, singular - descriptive

Word Meanings

*edōken*: gave/granted/provided
*pneuma*: spirit/breath/wind
*deilias*: cowardice/timidity/fearfulness
*dynameōs*: power/strength/ability
*agapēs*: love/charity/benevolence
*sōphronismou*: self-discipline/sound judgment/self-control

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 8:15 : 15 For ye {G2983} received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.
John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Zech 4:6 : 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Prov 2:7 : 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing {G3756} shall in any wise hurt you.
Heb 2:15 : 15 and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Luke 24:49 : 49 And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, {G2419} until ye be clothed with power from on high.
1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of {G442} wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
Acts 6:8 : 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.
Col 1:8 : 8 who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
Acts 20:24 : 24 But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Prov 8:14 : 14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
Mic 3:8 : 8 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Luke 8:35 : 35 And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, {G2521} at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 10:38 : 38 [ even] Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 26:25 : 25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
Acts 9:22 : 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
Luke 15:17 : 17 But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
2 Cor 5:13-14 : 13 For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that {G1487} one died for all, therefore {G599} all died;
Acts 26:11 : 11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even {G2532} unto foreign cities.

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