to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.”

This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

I said of partying, “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, “It accomplishes nothing!”

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.