self-control

... one with self-control is better than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 17:32

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"Do you not know that in a race all
the runners run, but only one gets the
prize? Run in such a way as to get
the prize. Everyone who competes in
the games goes into strict training.
They do it to get a crown that will not
last, but we do it to get a crown that
will last forever.
Therefore I do not run like someone
running aimlessly; I do not fight like a
boxer beating the air. No, I strike a
blow to my body and make it my
slave so that after I have preached to
others, I myself will not be disqualified
for the prize.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Self-control or temperance is a person’s abilities to keep the will’s power under the
direction of the Spirit. Temperance means power and the ability to control yourself.
The wise man said in Proverbs 17:32 that a person with self-control is better than the
one who controls a city. Controlling ourselves is harder than controlling a city. Paul
used a picture from the athletics’ world to describe the importance of self-control in
the Christian life. In the Greek athlete, following the rules was as essential as winning
the prize. In a recorded history, when an athlete got trained properly and kept the
rules, he asked his god to allow him to win the prize. In the same way, Paul asserted
things that he did were qualified for the prize. He ran his race by having a certain
aim and exercised self-control by keeping control of his body. [1]

[1] Robert Voight, The Complete Perfect Salvation in Christ Jesus (Tulsa, OK 1988)
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Proverbs 17:32

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