Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
just as I for my part try to please everyone in all I do, not aiming at my own advantage, but at that of people generally, in order that they may be saved.
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No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.
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You must not, just for the sake of food, undo the work of God. It is true, everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to hurt the consciences of others by what he eats. The right thing to do is to eat no meat at all and to drink no wine or do anything else if it hurts your brother's conscience.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
It is not rude. It does not insist on its rights. It does not become angry. It is not resentful.
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No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.
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Do not take account of your own interests, but of the interests of others as well.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.
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You must not lie to one another. For you have stripped off your old self with its ways
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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 go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.
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and no one who will not take up his cross and follow me is worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.
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If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
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So sin must not reign over your mortal bodies, and make you obey their cravings,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
We are free to do anything, but not everything is good for us. We are free to do anything, but not everything builds up character.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
And another of his disciples said to him, "Let me first go, sir, and bury my father." But 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 I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
Those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the physical nature with its propensities and 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 put up with the weaknesses of those who are immature, and not just suit ourselves. Everyone of us must try to please his neighbor, to do him good, and help in his development. Christ did not please himself, but as the Scripture says, "The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Dear friends, I beg you, as aliens and exiles here, not to indulge the physical cravings that are at war with the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
and no longer lives by what men desire, but for the rest of his earthly life by what God wills.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
for if you live under the control of the physical you will die, but if, by means of the Spirit, you put the body's doings to death, you will live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he answered, "The man who has two shirts must share with the man 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