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self-kon-troÌ„l´ (ἐγκÏαÌτεια, egkraÌteia): 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) (; ; ); adjective of same, ἐγκÏατηÌÏ‚, egkrateÌ„Ìs, “self-controlled†( the Revised Version (British and American)); compare verb forms in , “have ... continencyâ€; , the athlete “exerciseth self-control.†Self-control is therefore repeatedly set forth in the New Testament as among the important Christian virtues.