Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
Thematic Bible
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
For even I myself [try] to please everyone in every way, and not to look out [just] for my own good, but [also] for the good of many people, so that they may be saved.
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No one should look out for his own interests [only], but for the interests of others [as well].
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Do not destroy God's work [i.e., someone's life] for the sake of something to eat. All foods are truly clean [ceremonially]; however, it is wrong for a person to eat something when it causes another person to fall [away from God]. [So], it is better [for you] not to eat bread, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything [else] that could cause your brother to fall [away from God].
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
[Love] does not act improperly [toward people]; it does not insist on having its own way [at the expense of others]; it is not easily irritated [by others]; it does not keep track of the wrongs [done by others].
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No one should look out for his own interests [only], but for the interests of others [as well].
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Each of you should not look out for your own interests [only], but also for those of other people.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
You were [taught] to put away [the conduct of] your former lifestyle, your old person who is being corrupted by deceitful desires,
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Do not lie to one another, since you have put away [the conduct of] your old person 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 follower, he should deny self [i.e., of always having its own way] and lift up his cross [of responsibility] and [then he can] become my follower.
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And the person who does not accept his cross [i.e., his responsibilities with all their difficulties] and become my follower does not deserve me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
So, put to death [i.e., stop practicing the desires of] your physical bodies [such as] sexual immorality, [moral] impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is [in reality] idolatry.
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And if your hand becomes the occasion for falling away [from God], cut it off; it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life disabled, rather than keeping both hands and going to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out [i.e., all because it caused you to fall away from God]. {{Verse
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
It instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly desires and to live sensible, righteous and godly lives in this present age,
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So, do not allow [the practice of] sin to rule your mortal bodies, so that you obey its desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
"Everything is permissible [to do];" but not everything is profitable [See note at 6:12]. "Everything is permissible [to do];" but not everything builds [people] up.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
Then another one of His disciples said to Him, "Allow me to go and bury my father first." But Jesus answered him, "Become my follower, and let the [spiritually] dead bury them" [i.e., let a person's relatives care for their own family members until they die].
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But the last thing I want to do is brag [about such things]. For [if I had any bragging to do at all], it would be about [salvation through] the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is through Him that this [sinful] world has been crucified [i.e., died] as far as I am concerned and I have been crucified [i.e., died] as far as it is concerned.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
And those persons who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified [i.e., put out of their lives, Col. 3:4ff] the sinful cravings of the body, along with their passionate desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
Now those of us who are strong [spiritually] should put up with [or, help] the failings of [spiritually] weak people, and not [simply] do what pleases ourselves. [Instead], each of us should do what pleases his neighbor in order to accomplish something good and uplifting [in his life]. For even Christ did not please [just] Himself, but as it is written [Psa. 69:9], "The insults of those people who insulted you [i.e., God] fell on me [i.e., Christ]."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
My dearly loved ones, I urge you, as a people who are foreigners and strangers [in this world], do not give in to sinful desires, which wage war against the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
So then, you should no longer live the rest of your lives [to satisfy] the sinful desires of your body, but to do what God wants.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
for if you people live under [the control of] the flesh, you must die [spiritually]; but if you put to death [i.e., stop practicing] the [sinful] habits of the body by [the power of] the Holy Spirit, you will live [spiritually].
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
We know that our old self was [figuratively] crucified with Christ, in order that the body of sin [i.e., our whole life of sin] might be destroyed [i.e., become powerless to control our actions and thoughts], so that we should not be enslaved to the practice of sin any longer.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
So therefore, every one of you who does not say 'goodbye' to everything he owns, cannot be my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he answered them, "The person who has two coats should give [one of them] to the person who does not have any; and the person who has food should do the same thing."
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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