Self-Control

Rule over one's own spirit: proverbs on discipline and the apostles' teaching on temperance.

Prov 25:28

28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

See also: Proverbs 16:32, James 1:19

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1 Cor 9:25-27

25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

See also: Ephesians 6:12, James 1:12

26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

See also: 1 Corinthians 9:24, Ecclesiastes 9:10

27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

See also: Against Celsus, Book VIII 22:1, 2 Corinthians 13:5

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Titus 2:11-12

11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

See also: Romans 8:1, Ephesians 2:8

12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

See also: Luke 9:23, 1 Peter 5:8

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2 Pet 1:5-6

5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

See also: Philippians 2:12, Galatians 5:22

6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

See also: Hebrews 12:1, James 1:3

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