Self Sacrifice

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world--to life age-during shall keep it;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

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

And concerning the collection that <FI>is<Fi> for the saints, as I directed to the assemblies of Galatia, so also ye--do ye; — read the full passage →

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; — read the full passage →

but if also I am poured forth upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and joy with you all,

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

The sacrifices of God <FI>are<Fi> a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me; — read the full passage →

And the king saith unto Araunah, `Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; — read the full passage →

by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh, — read the full passage →

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God--

saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me--;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

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,

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice--ye had not condemned the blameless,

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

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, — read the full passage →

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

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

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as <FI>in<Fi> hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested, — read the full passage →

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; — read the full passage →

verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; — read the full passage →

and he said unto them, `With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

and he hath brought it in unto the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he hath taken from thence the fulness of his hand of its flour and of its oil, besides all its frankincense, and the priest hath made perfume with its memorial on the altar, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah;

to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious, — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment; — read the full passage →

for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

ministrants of Christ are they? --as beside myself I speak--I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times; — read the full passage →

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

why also do we stand in peril every hour? — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit; — read the full passage →

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we--we also are in this world;

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;' — read the full passage →

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me--let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me; — read the full passage →

`Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross, — read the full passage →

For the law having a shadow of the coming good things--not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,

for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, — read the full passage →