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

General references

Proverbs 23:31

Bible References

If

"Wherefore if thy hand, or thy foot, offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed; rather than thou shouldest, having two hands or two feet, be cast in to everlasting fire.

Wherefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut him off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to go, having two hands, into hell: into fire that never shall be quenched,

Pluck

There are chaste, which were so born out of their mother's belly. And there are chaste, which be made chaste of men. And there be chaste, which have made themselves chaste for the kingdom of heavens' sake. He that can take it, let him take it."

This we must remember, that our old man is crucified with him also, that the body of sin might utterly be destroyed; that henceforth we should not be servants of sin.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die. But if ye mortify the deeds of the body, by the help of the spirit, ye shall live,

but I tame my body and bring it into subjection, lest after that I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the appetites and lusts.

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:

Forasmuch as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he which suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sin,

For

What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?

Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?

Whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake, the same shall save it.

General references

Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.