temperance

²³meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things.

²⁷Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

¹²instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,

⁶and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety;

¹⁶You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance, ²³meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things. ²⁴For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires. ²⁵If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.

¹And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind. ²And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

²⁵And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.

¹⁴Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.

⁸Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.

¹Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. ²The Spirit of God may be known in this way. Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh is of God; ³and every spirit who contradicts Jesus is not of God. And this one is the Antichrist, the one that you have heard is coming, and even now he is in the world. ⁴Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ⁵They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶We are of God. Whoever knows God, listens to us. Whoever is not of God, does not listen to us. In this way, we know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.

⁸but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,

¹When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face, ²and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power. ³Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

¹⁶So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.