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11 For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time,

22 The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

23 good faith, meekness, self-restraint.

27 but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.

7 For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

25 But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

6 So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.

2 And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is–that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.

19 You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.

5 But for this very reason –adding, on your part, all earnestness– along with your faith, manifest also a noble character: along with a noble character, knowledge;

6 along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;

7 along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness, brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love.

12 For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world–the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.

8 Keep guard over yourselves, so that you may not lose the results of your good deeds, but may receive back a full reward.

13 No temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it.