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self - kon - trōl ´ ( ἐγκράτεια , egkráteia ): Rendered in the King James Version "temperance" (compare Latin temperario and continentia ), but more accurately "self-control," as in the Revised Version (British and American) ( Acts 24:25; Galatians 5:23; 2 Peter 1:6 ); adjective of same, ἐγκρατής , egkratḗs , "self-controlled" (Titus 1:8 the Revised Version (British and American)); compare verb forms in 1 Corinthians 7:9 , "have ... continency"; 1 Corinthians 9:25 , the athlete "exerciseth self-control." Self-control is therefore repeatedly set forth in the New Testament as among the important Christian virtues.