Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.
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Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.
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Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others. The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.
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Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.
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each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
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Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,
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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 one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.
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and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.
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If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time,
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Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build 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, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father." "Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure. Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up. For even the Christ did not seek His own pleasure. His principle was, "The reproaches which they addressed to Thee have fallen on me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
that in future you may spend the rest of your earthly lives, governed 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
For if you so live, death is near; but if, through being under the sway of the spirit, you are putting your old bodily habits to death, you will live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
"Let the man who has two coats," he answered, "give one to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share it with others."
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- Christ's Disciples Will Suffer
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- Freedom, Abuse Of Christian
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- Living Not For The Material
- Lust