Bible Encyclopedia: Self Discipline

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Greek

4995. sophronismos -- self-control
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: sophronismos Phonetic Spelling:
(so-fron-is-mos') Short Definition: self-control, self-discipline Definition: self ...
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193. akrates -- powerless, impotent
... from 1 "without" and 2904 , " power") -- properly, in continent, ie lacking
self-control (self-discipline, self-restraint; used only in 2 Tim 3:3). See 192 (). ...
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Library

Letter Li to the virgin Sophia
... And self-discipline confers a mark of equal beauty. How self-discipline calms the
whole aspect of a maiden's bearing, her whole temper of mind. ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter li to the virgin.htm

Discipline
... without which physical strength is mere violent weakness; and by the example and
influence of your own discipline, obedience, and self-restraint, help to ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon i discipline.htm

Letter cvi. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, in Rebuke of ...
... [453] " Many enticements of this world, many vanities must be resisted, that the
perfection of true self-discipline may be attained the first blemish of which ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter cvi to anatolius bishop.htm

Special Preparation for Baptism.
... subjects Cyril's teaching is earnest, wise, and sympathetic: he seeks to lead to
repentance by gentle persuasion, and pleads for self-discipline as needful for ...
/.../chapter iii special preparation for baptism.htm

To Self-Pleasers.
The Instructions of Commodianus in favour of Christian Discipline. <. ...
XXXII."To Self-Pleasers. If place or time is ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/xxxii to self-pleasers.htm

Self-Help
Discipline and Other Sermons. <. ... SERMON XX."SELF-HELP. John
16:7. It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon xx self-help.htm

Prayer and Importunity (Continued)
... It is a sort of spiritual self-indulgence in which we engage, and as a
consequence is the exact opposite of self-discipline. God ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/vii prayer and importunity continued.htm

The Art of Talking
... It requires vigorous self-discipline so to cultivate the feelings of kindness
and sympathy that they are always in readiness for use. ...
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The Soil and the Seed
... It waits for preparedness of nature, for the obedient will, the awakened mind, the
receptive heart;"and all these forms of self-discipline are comprehended ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/lxxix the soil and the.htm

Growing Bigger for Service's Sake.
... The keener and clearer and stronger we can make our thinking, by dint of
self-discipline, the greater power have we with other men. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/growing bigger for services sake.htm

Topical Bible Verses

1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.
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Titus 2:12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
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Titus 1:8
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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