Self-control

Self-control [NAVE]

SELF-CONTROL
Of Saul, 1 Sam. 10:27.
Of David, 1 Sam. 24:1-15; 26:1-20.
miscellaneous Matt. 23:25; Acts 24:25; 1 Cor. 7:5, 9; 9:25; Gal. 5:23; 2 Tim. 3:3; Tit. 1:8; 2 Pet. 1:6 See: Abstinence, Total; Graces, Christian; Patience; Tact; also, Rashness.

SELF-CONTROL [ISBE]

SELF-CONTROL - self-kon-trol' (egkrateia): Rendered in the King James Version "temperance" (compare Latin temperario and continentia), but more accurately "self-control," as in the Revised Version (British and American) (Acts 24:25; Gal 5:23; 2 Pet 1:6); adjective of same, egkrates, "self-controlled" (Tit 1:8 the Revised Version (British and American)); compare verb forms in 1 Cor 7:9, "have .... continency"; 9:25, the athlete "exerciseth self-control." Self-control is therefore repeatedly set forth in the New Testament as among the important Christian virtues.