2 Timothy 1:3-7 - Timothy's Spiritual Heritage

³ I thank God, whom I, like my forefathers, worship with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I constantly do, in my prayers. ⁴ When I remember the tears you shed I long night and day to see you again, and have the perfect happiness ⁵ of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.

⁶ For this reason I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift that you received when I laid my hands upon you. ⁷ For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.