Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
just as I also please all [people] in all [things], not seeking my own benefit, but the [benefit] of the many, in order that they may be saved.
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Let no one seek {his own good} but the [good] of the other.
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Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All [things] [are] clean, but [it is] wrong for the person {who eats and stumbles in the process}. [It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
[it] does not behave dishonorably, [it] {is not selfish}, [it] does not become angry, [it] does not keep a record of wrongs,
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Let no one seek {his own good} but the [good] of the other.
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each of you not looking out for {your own interests}, but also each of you [for] {the interests} of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,
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Do not lie to one another, [because you] have taken off the old man together with his deeds,
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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 come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
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And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, 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 into life crippled than, having two hands, to go into hell--into the unquenchable fire!
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that [you] obey its desires,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] build up.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
And another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go 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 [as] for me, may it never be [that I] boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom 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 Christ} have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification. For even Christ did not please himself, but just 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 foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, 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 are going to 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
knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must 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