Matthew 5:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

If

Matthew 18:8

Mark 9:43

Pluck

1 Peter 4:1

For

Matthew 16:26

Mark 8:36

Luke 9:24

Bible References

If

If then thy hand, or thy foot, lead thee to offend, cut them off, and cast them from thee: for it were better for thee to enter into life, halting or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the fire, which is eternal.

And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it were better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having both hands to go into hell, into the fire that never will be quenched:

Pluck

For there are eunuchs, who were so from their mothers' womb; and there are eunuchs, who have been made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that is capable of receiving, let him receive it.

knowing this, that our old man hath been crucified with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate.

But they who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and irregular appetites.

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry:

CHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, be ye also in mind armed for the same conflict: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sinning;

For

For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?

For what would it profit a man, though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss of his own soul?

For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall preserve it.