Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
even as I please all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
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Let no man seek his own gratification, but every one another's good.
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For the sake of meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but it is an evil thing for a man to eat, giving offence. It is laudable not to eat flesh, or to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother is stumbled, or scandalized, or weakened.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
doth not act unseemly, seeketh not her own advantage, is not passionate, thinketh no evil;
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Let no man seek his own gratification, but every one another's good.
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Let not each aim at their own particular interests, but every man at those of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;
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Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his practices;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Taking up the cross and following Christ
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry:
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And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it were better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having both hands to go into hell, into the fire that never will be quenched:
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day;
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Let not therefore sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the passions thereof.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
And another of his disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury my father. And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their own dead.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
But they who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and irregular appetites.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
WE then that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who are feeble, and not to gratify ourselves. Let every one of us gratify his neighbour in that which is good for his edification. For even Christ gratified not himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
that he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
For if ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
knowing this, that our old man hath been crucified with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
So then, every one of you who will not part with all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he answering said to them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner.
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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