Temperance

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patience; and in your patience godliness;

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

He whose spirit is without restraint Islikea city that is broken down and without walls.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. — read the full passage →

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. — read the full passage →

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, — read the full passage →

For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; — read the full passage →

In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might — read the full passage →

that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having. — read the full passage →

And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.