2 Timothy 4:5 (EXB)
But you should control yourself
[be sober-minded] at all times.
Sober-minded (néphó in the Greek) means free from intoxicating influences. Let’s think beyond alcohol or drugs. Ponder this from HELPS Word-studies (https://biblehub.com/greek/3525.htm): “free from illusion, i.e. from the intoxicating influences of sin (like the impact of selfish passion, greed, etc.).”
Lord God, I want to sober-minded, free from the intoxicating influences of sin. Help me!
