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在这段经文中，自守的字面意思是“有健全的心智或理性”。它基本上与困惑、无知以及对健康生活的冷漠相反。

神的恩典将我们从不敬虔（即“不敬虔的生活”）中拯救出来，使我们避免成为世界观念的奴隶。我们不是生来就有能力说“不”的——至少不是经常说“不”，也不是不能对其他东西说“是”。如果我们的生活中没有神，我们所有的“是”基本上都是不确定的猜测。我们的猜测有时会使事情变得更糟，有时虽然不太糟——但如果没有神，我们就无法找到通往整全生命的道路。

然而，在祂的恩典中，神已经为我们在一件事上选择了“是”。藉着救主耶稣所做的工，神已经对我们的救赎说了“是”，祂因此赐给我们一种全新的生活方式。故此，神现在可以训练我们在日常生活中对更好的选择说“是”。这就是自守。

自守是被神训练出的一种能力，能够明白并选择那些事物，使我们成为最好的自己。

In this passage self-control literally means “having a sound mind, or being reasonable.” It is bas.

In this passage self-control literally means “having a sound mind, or being reasonable.” It is basically the opposite of living in confusion, ignorance, or indifference about making choices that support healthy living.

God’s grace saves us from ungodliness (literally, “an unworshipful life”) and from being a slave to the world’s ideas of what we need or want. We are not born with the ability to just say “no”—at least not on a regular basis and not without something else to say “yes” to. If we are without God in our life, all of our “yes’s” are basically guesswork. Our guesses sometimes make things worse, and sometimes a little better—but without God we cannot find the path to full life.

In his grace, however, God has already said “yes” to something else for us. Through the work of the Savior, Jesus, God has said “yes” to our redemption, giving us a whole new way of life. And because of this, God can now train us to say “yes” to better and better choices in our everyday living. That’s self-control.

Self-control is the God-trained ability to understand and choose which options bring us closer to being our best selves.