²³ gentleness,^(A) and self-control.^(B) The law is not against such things.^[a]

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,