LINKWe have the great responsibility of making known the word of God and sharing the gospel, but the result of all this is given by God.Therefore I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.
8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but participate in suffering for 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 to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but which has now been made manifest through the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 of which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.