Sophronismos denotes the disciplined quality named alongside power and love rather than timidity.

The sole attested use names a disciplined quality set in contrast to timidity and joined with power and love in 2 Timothy 1:7.

1. Disciplined quality opposed to timidity · dominant

   In 2 Timothy 1:7, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the phrase describing a spirit contrasted with timidity and associated with power and love. The APB renders the verse, "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline."

   2 Timothy 1:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 1:7, the APB includes "self-discipline" in its rendering of the spirit contrasted with timidity. The precise correspondence remains limited to the clause's overall presentation.