2 Timothy 1:6​  Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.​​

​2 Timothy 1:7​ ​…for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.​​

2 Timothy 1:3​  I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, ​

2 Timothy 1:4​ …greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,​​

2 Timothy 1:5​  …when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, ​ ​which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, ​and I am persuaded is in you also.

John 3:30​​ He must increase, but I must decrease.​