'Self controlled' in the Bible
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.
Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
But you, be self-controlled in all [things], bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,
Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, [and] in endurance.
[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.
Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled,
training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,
Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.