²³ gentleness,^(A) self-control.^(B) Against such things there is no law.

¹² instructing us to deny godlessness^(A) and worldly lusts^(B) and to live in a sensible, righteous,^(C) and godly^(D) way in the present age,

⁶ knowledge with self-control,^(A) self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,