"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap. read more. Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

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

For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.