Temperance
TEM-per-unce
Latin/English
Girl
In the King James Bible
- Meaning
- Moderation; Self-control
- Origin
- Latin/English
- Is it in the Bible?
- Yes — Temperance appears in the King James Bible, including Galatians 5:23.
- First appears in
- Galatians — Acts and the early church
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Temperance masters every desire — the fruit of the Spirit that needs no law, self-control building patience, patience building godliness.
- King James verses
- Galatians 5:23
"Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."
- 2 Peter 1:6
"And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness."
- Galatians 5:23