Spiritual Discipline

The Bible speaks of spiritual discipline through language of training, piety, self-control, and perseverance; this word or idea recurs in at least 5 verses across 3 books. 1 Timothy 4:7 calls for training oneself for piety, while 1 Timothy 4:8 contrasts bodily training with piety’s value for present and future life. Titus 1:8 includes being disciplined among the qualities named, and Titus 2:12 says that grace trains people to renounce ungodliness and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, godly lives. 2 Timothy 4:7 speaks of finishing the race and keeping the faith.