Topic
Continency
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 24:25ISBE
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- 1 Corinthians 7:9ISBE
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25ISBE
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
- Galatians 5:23ISBE
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
- Titus 1:8ISBE
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- 2 Peter 1:6ISBE
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
kon'-ti-nen-si (egkrateuomai "to have self-control" or "continency" the Revised Version (British and American), "to contain" the King James Version): Paul, although he would that all men were like himself unmarried, yet advises that they should marry if they cannot control their sexual passions, and hold them in complete subjection to Christian motives (1Co 7:9). The same Greek verb is used in 1Co 9:25, and translated "is temperate" (the King James Version and the English Revised Version) of the athlete who during the period of training abstains from all indulgence in food, 'drink, and sexual passion. For the general principle as expressed in substantive egkrateia (Ac 24:25; Ga 5:23; 2Pe 1:6) and adjective egkrates (Tit 1:8) see TEMPERANCE, TEMPERATE.
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.