2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and self-control.
Faithful to the Good News Therefore, I urge you to rekindle the gift of God you received through the imposition of my hands.
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it also lives in you.
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night.
to my dear child Timothy: May grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Greeting and Thanksgiving Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the promise of eternal life in Christ Jesus,
Woe to the one who says to a piece of wood: “Wake up,” and to a dumb stone: “Get up.” Can it give any answer? For even though it is plated with gold and silver, there is not a single breath of life in it.
What good is a statue? Why do sculptors create them? Why these images and deceptive answers? Why do their makers trust them and produce silent idols?