48 Bible Verses about Self Denial

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

Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.

ill-treatment with God's people he preferred to the passing pleasures of sin,

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, he will drink neither wine nor strong drink, he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth;

For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

Then he called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone wishes to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and so follow me;

He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

But for Christ's sake I have learned to count my former gains a loss;

If your right eye is a hindrance to you, pluck it out and throw it away: better for you to lose one of your members than to have all your body thrown into Gehenna.

thy Reign begin, thy will be done on earth as in heaven!

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

Then he went out again by the seaside, and all the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.

On going outside after this he noticed a taxgatherer called Levi sitting at the tax-office and said to him, "Follow me"; he rose, left everything and followed him.

If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell your property, give the money to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

Then Peter replied, "Well, we have left our all and followed you. Now what are we to get?"

Peter began, "Well, we have left our all and followed you."

Peter said, "Well, we have left our homes and followed you!"

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, who does not get a hundred times as much ??in this present world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and lands, together with persecutions, and in the world to come life eternal.

Then they brought the boats to land, and leaving all they followed him.

So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.

Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

Never! How can we live in sin any longer, when we died to sin?

If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but not all are good for me. 'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but I am not going to let anything master me.

Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading. Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

They have done more than I expected; they gave themselves to the Lord, to begin with, and then (for so God willed it) they put themselves at my disposal.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

I mean, lead the life of the Spirit; then you will never satisfy the passions of the flesh.

for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

If one will only keep clear of the latter, he will be put to noble use, he will be consecrated and useful to the Owner of the House, he will be set apart for good work of all kinds.

and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world, awaiting the blessed hope of the appearance of the Glory of the great God and of our Saviour Christ Jesus,

Well then, submit yourselves to God; resist the devil, and he will fly from you:

nerve you to spend the rest of your time in the flesh for the will of God and no longer for human passions.

and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.

the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.

Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!

So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.

Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.

He must wax, I must wane."