Bible verses about "self-control" | Goodspeed

¹ I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship. ² You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is—what is good, pleasing, and perfect.

¹¹ For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men, ¹² training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, ¹³ while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

⁸ but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of holy life, self-controlled,

⁸ Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

¹² training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,

⁷ But the end of all things is near. Be serious and collected, therefore, and pray.

²⁷ But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win. ²⁵ Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither. ²⁶ So that is the way I run, unswervingly. That is the way I fight, not punching the air. ²⁷ But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

⁵ For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, ⁶ knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, ⁷ piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love.

⁷ For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.

²² But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control. There is no law against such things!

¹³ It is no superhuman temptation that you have had. And God can be depended on, not to let you be tried beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to give you a way out of it, so that you can withstand it.