²⁵ so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, ^(A)you have what is yours.’

⁶ For this reason I remind you ^(A)to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, ⁷ for God gave us ^(B)a spirit not of fear but ^(C)of power and love and self-control.

¹⁵ For ^(A)you did not receive ^(B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^(C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^(D)“Abba! Father!”

^8 (A)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ^(B)their portion will be in ^(C)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is ^(D)the second death.”

⁹ And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” ¹⁰ So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside ^(A)to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.