Bible verses about "self-control" | Bishops

¹ I beseche you therfore brethren, by the mercifulnesse of God, that ye geue vp your bodyes a quicke sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, [whiche is] your reasonable seruice ² And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect

¹¹ For there hath appeared the grace of God [which is] healthful to all men ¹² Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde ¹³ Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe ¹⁴ Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes

⁸ But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate

⁸ Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour

¹² Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde

⁷ The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer

³² A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie

²⁷ But I tame my body, and bryng it into subiection, lest by any meanes, that when I haue preached to other, I my selfe shoulde be a castaway

²⁴ Perceaue ye not [howe] that they which run in a race, run all, but one receaueth the rewarde? So run that ye may obtayne ²⁵ Euery man that proueth maisteries, abstayneth from all thynges, and they [do it] to obtayne a crowne that shall perishe: but we to obtayne an euerlasting crowne ²⁶ I therfore so run, not as at an vncertayne thing: So fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre ²⁷ But I tame my body, and bryng it into subiection, lest by any meanes, that when I haue preached to other, I my selfe shoulde be a castaway

⁵ And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge ⁶ In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse ⁷ In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue

⁷ For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde mynde

²² But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth ²³ Mekenesse, temperauncie: agaynst such there is no lawe

¹³ There hath no temptation taken you, but such as foloweth the nature of man: But God is faythfull, which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength: but shall with the temptation make away that ye maye be able to beare it

²⁸ He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles