1 Corinthians 9:27
But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service].
Romans 8:13
for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.
Jeremiah 6:30
They call them rejected silver [only dross, without value],
Because the Lord has rejected them.
Psalm 50:16
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?
Matthew 7:21-23
Luke 9:25
Luke 12:45-47
Luke 13:26-27
Acts 1:25
to occupy this ministry and apostleship which Judas left to go to his own place [of evil].”
Romans 6:18-19
And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God’s will and purpose].
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.
1 Corinthians 6:12-13
Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything [and brought under its power, allowing it to control me].
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if [my eating a certain] food causes my brother to stumble (sin), I will not eat [such] meat ever again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
1 Corinthians 9:25
Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not
2 Corinthians 6:4-5
but we commend ourselves in every way as servants of God: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].
2 Corinthians 13:5-6
Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit?
Colossians 3:5
So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].
2 Timothy 2:22
Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
2 Peter 2:15
Abandoning the straight road [that is, the right way to live], they have gone astray; they have followed the way of [the false teacher] Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I keep
And
A castaway
General references
Bible References
I keep
And
Lest
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?
A castaway
They call them rejected silver [only dross, without value],
Because the Lord has rejected them.
General references
For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.