42 Bible Verses about Self Discipline

But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life.

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about gratifying your physical cravings.

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win. Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither. So that is the way I run, unswervingly. That is the way I fight, not punching the air.read more.
But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

You must adopt a new attitude of mind, and put on the new self which has been created in likeness to God, with all the uprightness and holiness that belong to the truth.

Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ. Brothers, I do not consider that I have captured it yet, only, forgetting what is behind me, and straining toward what lies ahead, I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.

For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.

But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.

Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

All Scripture is divinely inspired, and useful in teaching, in reproof, in correcting faults, and in training in uprightness, so that the man of God will be adequate, and equipped for any good work.

training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,

More than that, we ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope, and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts.

I destroy arguments and every obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, and I take captive every thought and make it obey Christ,

By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.

You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is??hat is good, pleasing, and perfect.

You must adopt a new attitude of mind,

But the end of all things is near. Be serious and collected, therefore, and pray.

For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well. If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies. Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.read more.
So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell. For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness. Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers. Does a spring pour forth fresh and brackish water from the same crevice? Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grape vine figs? A salt spring cannot give fresh water.

You must not, just for the sake of food, undo the work of God. It is true, everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to hurt the consciences of others by what he eats. The right thing to do is to eat no meat at all and to drink no wine or do anything else if it hurts your brother's conscience.

But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

So sin must not reign over your mortal bodies, and make you obey their cravings, and you must not offer the parts of your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrong, but offer yourselves to God as men brought back from death to life, and offer the parts of your bodies to him as instruments of uprightness.

for if you live under the control of the physical you will die, but if, by means of the Spirit, you put the body's doings to death, you will live.

You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.

For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.

But if we recognized our own condition, we would not incur this judgment. But since we do incur it, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of holy life, self-controlled,

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.

But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

And if your eye makes you fall, tear it out. You might better get into the Kingdom of God with only one eye than be thrown with both your eyes into the pit,

Those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the physical nature with its propensities and cravings.

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win.

I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

No one can put you in the wrong by persisting in studied humility and the worship of angels, being absorbed in the visions he has seen, and groundlessly conceited over his mere human mind.

For what hope or happiness shall we have or what prize to be proud of in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes, except you?

Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

and when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious wreath that will never fade.

Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.

I am coming soon. Keep hold of what you have, so that no one may deprive you of your crown.