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This page revised and Copyrighted: Theon Doxazo

28 December, 2023

 

2 Peter Theory on Self-Control

03.7.0

The exegesis of Egkrateia defined it as the self-restraint of one's passions.  This effort to improve one's behavior was seen as principally concerned with habit control.  Some behaviors are reasonably easy to deal with, and others are almost impossible.  Many fall squarely in the middle, where issues of Self-Control come clearly to the fore.

 

Self-Control was seen as a gradual process, in which modest levels of control tend to strengthen over time, but set-backs also tend to occur.  While Self-Control tends to improve over time, backsliding leads to questions of 'Why should I be doing this, anyway?'  As improvement is seen, and questioning continues, eventually the focus shifts from Self-Control in a relatively limited time-frame, to Control over extended periods.  At this point the focus has shifted from Self-Control to Endurance, the next of the 2 Peter Levels.

 

Self-Control was portrayed as the restraint of bad behavior, but it is also the encouragement of good behavior as well!  Both avoiding the bad and actively doing the good can be observed within Self-Control.  Behavioral concerns vary broadly in their readiness to respond to efforts at control.  Multiple different concerns were provided that relate specifically to Substance Abuse.

 

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