Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
Such is my own rule, to satisfy all men in all points, aiming not at my own advantage but at the advantage of the greater number ??at their salvation.
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Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.
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You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats; the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
is never rude, never selfish, never irritated, never resentful;
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Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.
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and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
you must lay aside the old nature which belonged to your former course of life, that nature which crumbles to ruin under the passions of moral deceit,
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Tell no lies to one another; 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 said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;
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he who will not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),
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If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,
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Sin is not to reign, then, over your mortal bodies and make you obey their passions;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are good for us. 'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are edifying.
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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 go and bury my father first of all"; 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 no boasting for me, none except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I crucified 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 with its emotions and passions.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves. Each of us must please his neighbour, doing him good by building up his faith. Christ certainly did not please himself, but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who denounced Thee have fallen upon me. ??4 All such words were written of old for our instruction, that by remaining stedfast and drawing encouragement from the scriptures we may cherish hope.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
nerve you to spend the rest of your time in the flesh for the will of God and no longer for human passions.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
knowing as we do that our old self has been crucified with him in order to crush the sinful body and free us from any further slavery to sin
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
He replied, "Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise."
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- 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