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en, "in," kratos, "power, strength," lit., "to have power over oneself," is rendered "(if) they have (not) continency" (i.e., are lacking in self-control), in 1 Corinthians 7:9 , RV; AV, "can (not) contain;" in 1 Corinthians 9:25 , "is temperate." See TEMPERATE.