6. For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.
7. For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
8. Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
9. who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,