Dying To Self

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

I protest by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it.

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. — read the full passage →

Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:

we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

But ye did not so learn Christ; — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. — read the full passage →

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.

and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.