“I have become acquainted with your greatly-desired name in God, which ye have acquired by the habit of righteousness, according to the faith and love in Christ Jesus our Saviour. Being the followers of the love of God towards man, and stirring up yourselves by the blood of Christ, you have perfectly accomplished the w…”
Ignatius of Antioch, 2th c. — Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
Original
6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
— 2 Timothy 1:6 —
7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;