"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, "For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again."

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades.

For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do. But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

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

Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.

you will be able to understand, along with all the saints, what is wide, long, high, and deep

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

Therefore, let's not fall asleep like others do, but let's stay awake and be sober.

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

Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.

Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable. He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.

He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.

He must not be a recent convert, so that he won't become arrogant and fall into the Devil's condemnation. He must be well thought of by outsiders, so he doesn't fall into disgrace and the trap set for him by the Devil. read more. Ministers, too, must be serious. They must not be two-faced, addicted to wine, or greedy for money.

Ministers, too, must be serious. They must not be two-faced, addicted to wine, or greedy for money.

Ministers, too, must be serious. They must not be two-faced, addicted to wine, or greedy for money.

Ministers, too, must be serious. They must not be two-faced, addicted to wine, or greedy for money.

Their wives must also be serious. They must not be gossips, but instead be stable and trustworthy in everything.

unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good,

Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.

Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,

For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.