Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
or rude, it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, it keeps no record of wrongs,
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Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
You were taught, with regard to your former manner of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful lusts;
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Do not lie to one another, since you have put 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 would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
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and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire and greed, which is idolatry.
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If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, to the fire that shall never be quenched.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey its passions.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through 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
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the will of God.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he answered them, "He who has two tunics, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."
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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