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

³ I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day, ⁴ desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled, ⁵ taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

⁶ For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands, ⁷ for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;