Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
Even as I also endeavour to please all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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Let no one seek his own only, but every one another's benefit.
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Do not for the sake of meat destroy thy brother who is the work of God: all things indeed are pure; but to the man that eateth with offence it is evil. It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing at which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or weakened.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked,
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Let no one seek his own only, but every one another's benefit.
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Look not every one to his own interests only, but every one also to the concerns of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
which according to your former conversation was corrupted with deceitful lusts,
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Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Taking up the cross and following Christ
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:
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and he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Mortify therefore your members that are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, disorderly passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is indeed idolatry:
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And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that will never be extinguished;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
teaching us that denying ungodliness, and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in this present world;
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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to obey it in the lusts thereof.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
If all things be lawful for me, yet all things are not expedient: all things may be lawful for me, but all things do not edify.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
But another of his disciples, whom he ordered to follow Him, said unto Him, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father: but Jesus said unto him; Do thou follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
But God forbid that I should glory, unless in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
And they, that are Christ's, have crucified the flesh with it's passions and desires.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
Now we that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves: but let every one of us please our neighbor for his good, to his edification. For Christ also pleased not himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell upon me."
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as strangers and sojourners here, to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
that he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh according to the lusts of men, but after the will of God.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
for if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be inslaved to sin:
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
So, every one of you, that doth not give up all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
And he saith unto them, Let him that hath two coats, give one to him that hath none, and let him that hath food do the like.
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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