Self-discipline
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
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
... Cognate: 193 (an adjective, derived from 1 "without" and 2904 , " power") -- properly,
in continent, ie lacking self-control (self-discipline, self-restraint ...
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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

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

Prayer and Importunity (Continued)
... receive. It is a sort of spiritual self-indulgence in which we engage, and
as a consequence is the exact opposite of self-discipline. ...
/.../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

God's Waiting and Man's
... Its main elements are firm anticipation, patient expectation, steadfast desire,
self-discipline to fit us for the influx of God's grace. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/gods waiting and mans.htm

Of Alexander, Bishop of Antioch.
... The holy Alexander was specially rich in self discipline and philosophy; his life
was one of poverty and self denial; his eloquence was copious and his other ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxxv of alexander bishop of.htm

Offenses
... Therefore they needed solemn warning, and the counter-pressure of those awful
issues known to be dependent on their stern self-discipline. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 9 38-50 offenses.htm

Thesaurus
Self-discipline (1 Occurrence)
Self-discipline. Self-controlled, Self-discipline. Self-disparagement . Noah
Webster's Dictionary ... Multi-Version Concordance Self-discipline (1 Occurrence). ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... It may be defined as a self-discipline which consists in the habitual renunciation,
in whole or in part, of the enjoyments of the flesh, with a view to the ...
/a/abstinence.htm - 25k

Self-controlled (9 Occurrences)
Self-controlled. Self-control, Self-controlled. Self-discipline . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (WEB NIV). Self-control, Self-controlled. Self-discipline . ...
/s/self-controlled.htm - 8k

Violence (98 Occurrences)
... forcible suppression of God's teachers," "the Kingdom of God comes like a storm
and is received by those who have used drastic self-discipline," are instances ...
/v/violence.htm - 38k

Violent (151 Occurrences)
... forcible suppression of God's teachers," "the Kingdom of God comes like a storm
and is received by those who have used drastic self-discipline," are instances ...
/v/violent.htm - 36k

Self-disparagement (1 Occurrence)
Self-disparagement. Self-discipline, Self-disparagement. Self-exaltation . ...
(WEY). Self-discipline, Self-disparagement. Self-exaltation . Reference Bible
/s/self-disparagement.htm - 6k

Conscience (36 Occurrences)
... of life; because, in order to meet the confessor, they scanned every thought and
weighed every scruple, becoming adepts at introspection and self-discipline. ...
/c/conscience.htm - 37k

Resources
What does the Bible say about self-discipline? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to deny yourself? What is self-denial? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to "spare the rod, spoil the child"? | GotQuestions.org

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Self-discipline (1 Occurrence)

2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
(See NIV)

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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

Self-controlled (9 Occurrences)

Violence (98 Occurrences)

Violent (151 Occurrences)

Self-disparagement (1 Occurrence)

Conscience (36 Occurrences)

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