Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."

You must not refuse each other what is due, unless you agree to do so for a while, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then to come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

You must not refuse each other what is due, unless you agree to do so for a while, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then to come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be on fire with passion.

But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be on fire with passion.

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.

For the physical cravings are against the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are against the physical; the two are in opposition, so that you cannot do anything you please. But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not subject to law.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.

gentleness, self-control. There is no law against such things!

gentleness, self-control. There is no law against such things!

If we live by the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit.

so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean,

Do not get drunk on wine, for that is profligacy, but be filled with the Spirit,

So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed.

but we who belong to the day must be composed, wearing faith and love for a coat of mail, and helmeted with the hope of salvation.

A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

He must not be a new convert, or he may grow conceited and incur criticism from slanderous people. He must also be a man of good standing with outsiders, or he may get into disgrace and be entrapped by the slanderers. read more. Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Their wives too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate, and perfectly trustworthy.

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,

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

Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible??en of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness.

For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him.

knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety,

For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ.