Lexicon entry · Greek
G0192ἀκρασίαakrasia
self-indulgencePart of speech: Greek Noun (Feminine)
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
ἀκρασίας. akrasias “self-indulgence.”
Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
ἀκρασίαν akrasian “lack of self-control”