46 Bible Verses about Giving, Of Oneself

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

For even Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.read more.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to deatheven death on a cross.

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, zealous for good deeds.

"You are worthy, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals; for you were slain, and with your blood purchased men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.

For who regards you as different? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with everything to enjoy.

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brethren,

I am speaking in human terms, because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for holiness.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers,

Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that all may see your progress.

So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to fall.

just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

More than that, I count everything to be loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to the death.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Then Peter answered him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?" Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this timehouse and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.

Then Peter said, "Behold, we have left all and followed you." So he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

And there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather let there be thanksgiving.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.read more.
And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with thanksgiving.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe,