Temperance

The fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance - illuminate the path of spirit-led mortals towards eternal life and the kingdom of God. 34:6.13

Jesus preached temperance and taught consistency through proportionate adjustment of life problems, warning against extremes in virtue that may lead to vice. 149:4.3

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Fruits of the spirit 34:6.13 — Ga 5:22-23; Eph 5:9.
• Kingdom of God not meat... 34:6.13 — Ro 14:17. *Kingdom of God*: Mt 6:33; Mt 12:28; Mt 19:24; Mt 21:31,43; Mk 1:14-15; Mk 4:11,26,30; Mk 9:1,47; Mk 10:14-15,23-25; Mk 12:34; Mk 14:25; Mk 15:43; Lk 4:43; Lk 6:20; Lk 7:28; Lk 8:1,10; Lk 9:2,11,27; Lk 9:60,62; Lk 10:9-11; Lk 11:20; Lk 12:31-32; Lk 13:18,20,28,29; Lk 14:15; Lk 16:16; Lk 17:20-21; Lk 18:16-17,24-25; Lk 19:11; Lk 21:31; Lk 22:16-18; Lk 23:51; Jn 3:3,5; Ro 14:17; 1 Co 4:20; 1 Co 6:9-10. *Kingdom of heaven*: Mt 3:2; Mt 4:17; Mt 5:3,10,19-20; Mt 7:21; Mt 8:11; Mt 10:7; Mt 11:11-12; Mt 13:11,24,31-52; Mt 16:19; Mt 18:1-4,23; Mt 19:14,23; Mt 20:1; Mt 22:2; Mt 23:13; Mt 25:1,14. *Kingdom*: Mt 4:23; Mt 9:35; Mt 24:14.