Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.
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No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.
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Do not destroy God's action for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make another person stumble because of what you eat. The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
and she is never rude; she never thinks just of herself or ever gets annoyed. She never is resentful;
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No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.
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Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,
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Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature 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 wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.
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The one who doesn't take up his cross and follow me isn't worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
So put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
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So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age
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Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
Then another of his disciples told him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, 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
Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building him up. For even the Messiah did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
so that he can live the rest of his mortal life guided, not by human desires, but by 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 human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities 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 natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person 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