Egkrateia: Translated often in the Bible as "temperance" or "self-control;" meaning "to have control of oneself." Context in the Bible is not implying that I have control over myself, rather that there something or someone has a conquering type of control over my body and sin nature. Small but important distinction.
"The Egkrateian Growl" is a a good sermon explaining the Biblical truths surrounding this topic. Even the definition given above is not fully accurate, but perhaps it will help when I reference the word.
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