Thematic Bible: Should be exercised in
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.
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let no one seek his own -- but each another's.
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for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling. Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
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let no one seek his own -- but each another's.
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each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
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Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his 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 doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
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and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying sinful lusts
Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --
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And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Denying unGodliness and worldly lusts
teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,
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Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Even lawful things
All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;' and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified unto the world
And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Crucifying the flesh
and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not pleasing ourselves
And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification, for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, 'The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » No longer living to lusts of men
no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Mortifying deeds of the body
for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Being crucified with Christ
this knowing, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Forsaking all
'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
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Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Assisting others
and he answering saith to them, 'He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.'
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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