Sacrifice Yourself

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

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

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

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

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

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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

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

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: — read the full passage →

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

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

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: — read the full passage →

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. — read the full passage →

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. — read the full passage →

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. — read the full passage →

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

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

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

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

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. — read the full passage →

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

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

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. — read the full passage →

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. — read the full passage →

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. — read the full passage →

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. — read the full passage →

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: