Self-Control
Core Verses29
“He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.”
“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.”
“and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;”
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?”
“No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.”
“Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.”
“Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
“Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.”
“It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,”
“Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.”
“Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
“But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.”
“Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.”
“If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.”
“Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.”
“For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
“Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.”
“Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
“Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
“So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.”
“The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.”
“And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.”
“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”
“but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”
“Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.”
“In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.”
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