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    Temperance

    TEM-per-unce

    Meaning

    Moderation; Self-control

    Latin/English origin · Girl · First in Galatians

    What it points to

    Temperance masters every desire — the fruit of the Spirit that needs no law, self-control building patience, patience building godliness.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

    Galatians 5:23

    “And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness.”

    2 Peter 1:6

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