Self Discipline

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, — read the full passage →

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us--

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, — read the full passage →

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word. — read the full passage →

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

`The things hidden <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed <FI>are<Fi> to us and to our sons--to the age, to do all the words of this law.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, — read the full passage →

For a lamp <FI>is<Fi> the command, And the law a light, And a way of life <FI>are<Fi> reproofs of instruction,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, `For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

but according as He who did call you <FI>is<Fi> holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety, — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body; — read the full passage →

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires; — read the full passage →

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and layeth siege against it; — read the full passage →

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. — read the full passage →

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands, — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will--these ye may not do;

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling. — read the full passage →

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?' — read the full passage →

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.