G1467–ἐγκρατεύομαι–egkrateuomai

If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

ἐγκρατεύονται, egkrateuontai “they have self-control,”

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

ἐγκρατεύεται· egkrateuetai “controls himself;”