Bible verses about Self-Denial
Verses about denying oneself and taking up the cross to follow Jesus.
Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
Luke 9:23And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:15For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 6:6In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:33Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 12:24Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
John 12:25For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:13I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:11Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
1 Corinthians 9:25No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Titus 2:12Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
1 Peter 4:2Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 10:39But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Philippians 3:7