"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you."

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you would. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall into the same condemnation as the devil. He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. read more. Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not fond of sordid gain;

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not fond of sordid gain;

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not fond of sordid gain;

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not fond of sordid gain;

The women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

The older men are to be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.

and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness,

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.