Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
Thematic Bible
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
just as I try to please everyone 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 anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
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Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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Let each of you look not only to his 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
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
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Do not lie to one another, seeing that 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 told 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 whoever 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 what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
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And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
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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 self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make 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." 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 far be it from me to boast except in 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 Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
We who are strong have an obligation 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 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 sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, 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 for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions 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 selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to 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