15 Bible Verses about Renunciation
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The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
But we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
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.
Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you."
So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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
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."
For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to deatheven death on a cross.
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Discipleship » Conditions of » Renunciation
"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.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Leaving home and friends
Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you."
So when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Paul's renunciation
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
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Reward promised
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."
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Leaving business
After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he left everything, rose up and followed him.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » A condition of discipleship
So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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