'Controls' in the Bible

However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God].

The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.

The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over and dominates and controls the kings and the political leaders of the earth.”