"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you."

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

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, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. read more. Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.