Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
just as I myself am in the habit of pleasing everybody in everything, not aiming at my own welfare but at that of as many people as possible, in order that they may be saved.
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No one should always be looking after his own welfare, but also that of his neighbor.
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Stop undoing the work of God just for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything when it makes another stumble. The right thing to do is not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything else, that makes your brother stumble.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
It does not act with rudeness, or insist upon its rights; it never gets provoked, it never harbors evil thoughts;
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No one should always be looking after his own welfare, but also that of his neighbor.
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Stop looking after your own interests only but practice looking out for the interests of others too.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses;
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Stop lying to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its practices,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Taking up the cross and following Christ
Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.
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and nobody is worthy of me who does not take up his cross and follow me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
So once for all put to death your lower, earthly nature with respect to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is real idolatry.
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If your hand makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life maimed than keep both your hands and go down to the pit, to the fire that is never put out.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
training us to give up godless ways and worldly cravings and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
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Accordingly, sin must not continue to reign over your mortal bodies, so as to make you continue to obey their evil desires,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
Everything is permissible for people, but not everything is good for them. Everything is permissible for people, but not everything builds up their personality.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
Another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go back and bury my father." And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
And those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the lower nature with its passions and evil cravings.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
It is the duty of us who are strong to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves. Each one of us must practice pleasing his neighbor, to help in his immediate upbuilding for his eternal good. Christ certainly did not please Himself; instead, as the Scripture says, "The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen upon me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
so that he no longer can spend the rest of his earthly life in harmony with human desires but in accordance with God's will.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
for if you live by such a standard, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put a stop to the doings of your lower nature, you will live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
for we know that our former self was crucified with Him, to make our body that is liable to sin inactive, so that we might not a moment longer continue to be slaves to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
"Just so, no one of you who does not forsake everything that he has, can be a disciple of mine.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
He answered them, "The man who has two shirts must share with him who has none, and the man who has food must do the same."
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Related Topics
- Christ's Disciples Will Suffer
- Crucifying Our Flesh
- Dead To Sin
- Death To Self
- Do Not Be Selfish
- Evil Desires
- Freedom, Abuse Of Christian
- Giving, Of Oneself
- Living Not For The Material
- Lust