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Galatians 5:23
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Galatians 5:23
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
23Meekenesse, temperance: against such there is no law.
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DEFINED WORDS
Galatians 5:23
Gentleness and humility; patient submission without pride or resentment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
temperance
Self-control; moderation or restraint of appetites and passions.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Of the kind, degree, or character already named or indicated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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Open the full verse study25And 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.
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Open the full verse study2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
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Open the full verse study8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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Open the full verse study25And 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.
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