egkrateuomai describes exercising restraint, whether in the decision to marry or in disciplined striving for a crown.

The two occurrences show exercised restraint in distinct settings: inability to maintain it prompts marriage in 1 Corinthians 7:9, while a person who struggles exercises it comprehensively in pursuit of a crown in 1 Corinthians 9:25.

1. Exercising restraint in personal conduct · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 7:9, the present middle indicative plural form occurs in the condition that some “cannot exercise self-control”; the APB then presents marriage as the stated alternative. In 1 Corinthians 9:25, the present middle indicative singular form describes every person who struggles as exercising restraint “in all things” while seeking a crown.

   1 Corinthians 7:91 Corinthians 9:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “exercise self-control” in both clauses, first for those unable to do so in 1 Corinthians 7:9 and then for the competitor-like struggler in 1 Corinthians 9:25. This repeated wording confirms the verse-level presentation rather than isolating every nuance of the Greek form.