Thesaurus Selfcontrol/s/selfcontrol.htm - 7kSelf-control (14 Occurrences) Self-control. << Selfcontrol, Self-control. Self-controlled >>. Noah Webster's Dictionary ... (See RSV NIV). << Selfcontrol, Self-control. Self-controlled >>. ... /s/self-control.htm - 11k Self-congratulations (1 Occurrence) Self-congratulations. << Self-confidence, Self-congratulations. Selfcontrol >>. ... (WEY). << Self-confidence, Self-congratulations. Selfcontrol >>. Reference Bible. /s/self-congratulations.htm - 6k International Standard Bible Encyclopedia SELF-CONTROLself-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 Galatians 5:23 2 Peter 1:6); adjective of same, egkrates, "self-controlled" (Titus 1:8 the Revised Version (British and American)); compare verb forms in 1 Corinthians 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. |
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