48 Bible Verses about Self Denial

Then addressing himself to his disciples, if any man, said he, would follow me, let him renounce himself, take up his cross, and so follow me.

but at present have obtain'd it. I exhort you, my dear brethren, as strangers and travellers to avoid all sensual passions, as destructive to your

chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

he shall appear as a divine messenger. he shall drink neither wine, nor any other strong liquor: he shall be filled with the holy spirit, even from his infancy:

for John the Baptist, when he came, abstain'd from bread and wine; yet you say, he is possess'd with a demon.

Then addressing himself to the people, and his disciples, he said, he that desires to be under my conduct, let him renounce himself, and follow me.

Then he said to the whole company, if any one will be my follower, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

but Paul replied, what do you mean by afflicting me thus with your tears? I am not only ready to meet my chains, but even to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

these advantages I renounce for Christ,

If your right eye insnare you, it is better to pull it out, and to suffer the loss of that single part, than that thy whole body should be cast into Gehenna.

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

As Jesus left that place, he saw one Matthew by name, sitting at the customhouse: and said to him, follow me. and he rose and followed him.

Another time as he was by the sea-side, the people came all crowding to him, and he instructed them. as he passed along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus, sitting at the custom-house, and said to him, follow me. accordingly he arose and followed him.

After this Jesus left the place, and seeing a publican named Levi, sitting at the custom-house, he said to him, follow me. immediately he rose up, left all his affairs, and became his disciple.

if even thy hand should make thee transgress, saw it off, and cast it away, it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to have both hands and go into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire:

Jesus said, if thou wilt be perfect, go sell your estate, give the value to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come and follow me.

Then said Peter, but we, who have left every thing to follow thee; what advantage shall we get by it?

Then Peter thus address'd himself to Jesus, you see we have left every thing to follow you.

Then said Peter, you see that we have left every thing to follow you.

and every one that abandons his family, his brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake, shall receive in that age an hundred times the value, and shall inherit hereafter everlasting life.

Jesus answered him, I declare unto you, there is not a man who has forsaken his house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, out of love to me and to the gospel, but shall receive at present in this age, what will be a hundred times better to him, than houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, tho' with persecution: and in the age to come eternal life.

then having brought their boats to shore, they left every thing, and followed him.

in like manner every one of you must count upon renouncing all that he has, otherwise he cannot be my disciple.

set a guard upon yourselves, that ye be not stupified by surfeiting and drunkenness, or by the disquietudes of this life, and so that day come upon you with a surprize.

things that little affect me, nor is life so much my concern, as to finish my course, and the charge I receiv'd from the Lord Jesus, to attest the declaration of the divine favour.

God forbid, that we who have died to sin should live any longer therein.

for if you lead a sensual life, you will be miserable: but if through the spirit you mortify the affections of corrupted nature, you will be happy.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being.

but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.

Are all things lawful for me? however, all things are not expedient: are all things lawful for me? however, I will not be a slave to any.

every one that strives for the mastery, is extremely temperate: now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not as one that is distanc'd: I fight, but not with the air. but I mortify my body, and bring it into subjection: lest after having been a herald to others, I my self should be thrown out.

and in this they out-did my expectation; such was the divine pleasure, they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then made me an offer to go themselves to Corinth.

I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I say then, conduct yourselves by the spirit, and you will not then gratify the animal passions.

for you are dead to them, and Christ has secured your life with God.

he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.

teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world; in expectation of that desirable happiness, the glorious appearance of the supreme God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ,

Surrender therefore to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

so that for the future he does not pass the rest of this life in gratifying his sensual passions, but in conformity to the divine precepts.

let no man consult only his private interest, but let every man consult likewise the interest of others.

it is better to abstain from flesh, and wine, and every thing whereby your brother is in danger of falling off.

I add, we that are better inform'd ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not study our own pleasure.

wherefore if my eating makes my brother offend, I will never eat flesh rather than make my brother offend.

Mortify therefore your sensual appetites, fornication, impurity, irregular passions, wicked desires, and that licentiousness practised by idolaters.

he that enters into the service, disengages himself from civil affairs, that he may be acceptable to his officer.

Let no man consult barely his own interest: but every man that of others.

he must advance,