Stir up the gift of God, &c.— The word 'Αναζωπυρειν properly signifies to blow or stir up a fire, when it is almost dead, or does not burn sufficiently. Possibly there might be some danger, lest the fierce and zealous opposition of the Judaizers, and the persecution which the apostle and his faithful adherents were then under, should damp Timothy's zeal, and cause him to let the sacred fire lie under embers. See 1 Thessalonians 5:19. 1 Timothy 4:14.
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2 Timothy 1:6
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.