Temperance (την εγκρατειαν). Self-control. Old word (from εγκρατης, εν and κρατος, one holding himself in as in Tit 1:8), in N.T. …

And to knowledge temperance. For the meaning of the word temperance, see Acts 24:25 and 1 Corinthians 9:25.

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And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness.—And in your knowledge [s…

Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance;

It is ignorance that is intemperate and rash.

The next virtue in Peter’s chain is “self-control” (GK 1602). The concept of self-control played a great role in the philosophical ethics of classi…

And to knowledge, temperance Avoiding all excess in eating and drinking, and all impure and unclean lusts; for it signifi…

Faith unites the weak believer to Christ as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every since…