22 But the fruit of the Spirit  * is love,  * joy,  * peace, patience,  * kindness,  * goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,  * and self-control.  * The law is not against such things.  *

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation  * for all people,  *12 instructing us to deny godlessness  * and worldly lusts  * and to live in a sensible, righteous,  * and godly  * way in the present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope,  * the appearing of the glory  * of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear,  * but one of power,  *,* love,  * and sound judgment.

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6 knowledge with self-control,  * self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, 7 godliness with brotherly affection,  * and brotherly affection with love.

32 Patience is better than power,

and controlling one’s emotions,  * than capturing a city.  *

28 A person who does not control his temper  *

is like a city whose wall is broken down.  *

11 A fool gives full vent to his anger,  *,*

but a wise person holds it in check.  *

19 When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,

but the one who controls his lips is prudent.  *

24 Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race,  * but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.  *25 Now everyone who competes exercises self-control  * in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown,  * but we an imperishable crown. 26 So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air. 27 Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.  *

9 But if they do not have self-control,  * they should marry, since it is better to marry  * than to burn with desire.

13 No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful;  * he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out  * so that you may be able to bear it.

8 Be sober-minded,  * be alert.  * Your adversary the devil  * is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. 9 Resist him,  * firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

7 The end of all things is near;  * therefore, be alert and sober-minded  * for prayer.

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered  * in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding  *  — because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished  * with sin  *  —  2 in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.  *3 For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,  * drunkenness, orgies,  * carousing, and lawless idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living — and they slander  * you. 5 They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.  *

4 that each of you knows how to control his own body  * in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passions,  * like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.

22 Bless the Lord, all his works

in all the places where he rules.  *

My soul, bless the  Lord!

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;

your rule is for all generations.  *

The Lord is faithful in all his words

and gracious in all his actions.  *,*

13 I continued watching in the night visions,

and suddenly one like a son of man  *

was coming with the clouds of heaven.  *

He approached the Ancient of Days

and was escorted before him.

14 He was given dominion  *

and glory and a kingdom,

so that those of every people,

nation, and language  *

should serve  * him.

His dominion is an everlasting  *  dominion

that will not pass away,

and his kingdom is one

that will not be destroyed.

2 I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders  * the Most High God has done for me.

3 How great are his miracles,

and how mighty his wonders!  *

His kingdom is an eternal kingdom,  *

and his dominion is from generation to generation.  *

6 For a child will be born for us,

a son will be given to us,  *

and the government will be on his shoulders.  *

He will be named

Wonderful Counselor,  * Mighty God,  *

Eternal Father,  * Prince of Peace.  *

7 The dominion will be vast,

and its prosperity will never end.  *

He will reign on the throne of David

and over his kingdom,

to establish and sustain it

with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.  *

13 He has rescued  * us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom  * of the Son  * he loves.  *14 In him we have redemption,  * the forgiveness of sins.

20 He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand  * in the heavens  *  —  21 far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given,  *,* not only in this age but also in the one to come.  *

20 Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious  * body,  * by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.

9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead,  * will not die again. Death no longer rules over him.  *

8 Those who are in the flesh  * cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.  * If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,  * he does not belong to him.

22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.  *

23 But each in his own order:  * Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end,  * when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father,  * when he abolishes all rule and all authority and power.  *25 For he must reign  * until he puts all his enemies under his feet.  *

2 Dominion and dread  * belong to him,

the one who establishes harmony in his heights.