Sacrifice Yourself

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

Hereby know we love, 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, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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 →

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.

Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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

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

Yea, and if I am 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 body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

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

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

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

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.

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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 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.

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks unto thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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. — read the full passage →

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

Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and 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: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. — read the full passage →

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

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall 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.

Have this mind 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, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were 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 was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down 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 doth not take his cross and follow 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 were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

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

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

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

I say then, Did God cast off 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; whose is 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 presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

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.

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

which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

Now even the firstcovenanthad ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.

who servethat which isa copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warnedof Godwhen he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

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

and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him 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 Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Hereby know we love, 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 his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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

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

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

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

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

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

But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. — read the full passage →

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

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

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