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 try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
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Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.
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Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
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Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.
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Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about 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 were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
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Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man 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 wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, 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
So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
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If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives 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
"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.
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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 first go and bury my father." But Jesus said to 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 except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through 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 Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. 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 exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
(for if you live according to the flesh, you will 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
We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
John answered them, "The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person 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