Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.
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A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.
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Do not undo God's work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is 'clean,' yet, if a man eats so as to put a stumbling- block in the way of others, he does wrong. The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your Brother.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
Love is never self-seeking, never provoked, never reckons up her wrongs;
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A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.
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And one and all should consider, not only their own interests, but also the interests of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
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Never lie to one another. Get rid of your old self and its habits,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Taking up the cross and following Christ
Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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And the man who does not take his cross and follow in my steps is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.
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If your hand proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into the Pit, into the inextinguishable fire.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,
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Therefore do not let Sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
"Master," said another, who was a disciple, "let me first go and bury my father." But Jesus answered: "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, 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
And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his neighbor's good, to help in the building up of his character. Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as Scripture says of him--'The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.'
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
We recognize the truth that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the body, the stronghold of Sin, might be rendered powerless, so that we should no longer be slaves to Sin.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has--he cannot be a disciple of mine.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
"Let the man who has two coats," answered John, "share with him who has none; and the man who has food do the same."
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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