Shyness

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.