Reference: Temperance
Hastings
1. In the RV 'temperance' is the tr of the Gr. word enkrateia, the root-meaning of which is 'power over oneself,' 'self-mastery.' It is a comprehensive virtue, and on this account 'self-control,' the tr of Revised Version margin, is to be preferred (Ac 24:25; Ga 5:23; 2Pe 1:5). The corresponding adjective is found only in Tit 1:8, and the verb only in 1Co 7:9; 9:25. The negative form of the adjective is translated 'without self-control' (2Ti 3:3), and of the noun 'excess' (Mt 23:25), and 'incontinency' (1Co 7:5). The RV tr another Gr. word (n
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Woe to you, you irreligious scribes and Pharisees! you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are filled with your rapacity and self-indulgence.
Woe to you, you irreligious scribes and Pharisees! you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are filled with your rapacity and self-indulgence.
but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"
Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.
Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.
Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!
Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!
Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.
For the passion of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the passion of the Spirit against the flesh ??the two are at issue, so that you are not free to do as you please. If you are under the sway of the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.
gentleness, self-control: ??there is no law against those who practise such things.
gentleness, self-control: ??there is no law against those who practise such things.
As we live by the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit;
May you be so fixed and founded in love that you can grasp with all the saints what is the meaning of 'the Breadth,' 'the Length,' 'the Depth' and 'the Height,'
and do not get drunk with wine ??that means profligacy ??but be filled with the Spirit,
Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;
but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet ??9 for God destined us not for Wrath but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher, not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,
not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,
he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil; also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil. read more. Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;
Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;
Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;
Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;
Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.
callous, relentless, scurrilous, dissolute, and savage; they will hate goodness,
he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;
Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, masters of themselves, sound in faith, in love, and in stedfastness.
Inasmuch as his power divine has bestowed on us every requisite for life and piety by the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence ??4 bestowing on us thereby promises precious and supreme, that by means of them you may escape the corruption produced within the world by lust, and participate in the divine nature ??5 for this very reason, do you contrive to make it your whole concern to furnish your faith with resolution, resolution with intelligence,
intelligence with self-control, self-control with stedfastness, stedfastness with piety,
For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;