46 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Oneself

By this we know the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever determines to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

For the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Greater love has no man than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

For the Christ did not please himself; but as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell on me.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Be you, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave him self for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God; but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:read more.
and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body.

And they sung a new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

nor is he ministered to by the hands of men, as if he needed any thing: for he himself gives to all life, and breath, and all things:

For who gave you distinction, as a teacher? And what have you as a teacher, that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast, as if you had not received it?

Charge those who are rich in this age, that they be not proud, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us all things richly for our enjoyment,

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

and they did this, not only as we had hoped, but they gave them selves first to the Lord, and then to us, through the will of God;

I beseech you, brethren, (you know the house of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

I speak of what is common among men, oil account of the weakness of your flesh: for as you have presented your members as servants to uncleanness, and to lawlessness, in order to lawlessness, so now present your members as servants to righteousness, in order to holiness.

Therefore, my be loved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing, I make mention of you,

Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them, that your advancement may be manifest in all things.

So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.

Let each one of us please his neighbor in that which is good for his edification.

For which reason, if meat cause my brother to fall, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.

I, indeed, will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And they over came him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives even to death.

He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

Then Peter answered and said to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee; what, then, shall we have? Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

And Peter began to say to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee. And Jesus answering, said: Verily I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, who shall not receive a hundred-fold, now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all and followed thee. And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the age to come, eternal life.

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake and the gospel s, shall save it.

Whoever will seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life, shall save it.

nor obscene language, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming; but rather the cheerful words of. a thankful heart.

Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to all men: the Lord is at hand. Be anxious about nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God:read more.
and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

rooted, and built up in him, and strengthened in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

And let the peace of God, to which you are called in one body, rule in your hearts, and be thankful.

Wherefore, as we receive a kingdom that can not be shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear: