Bible Verses About Self-Denial

in fact, they sold their property and possessions and distributed the proceeds to all who were in need.

No one among them was poor, since those who owned lands or houses sold them and turned over the proceeds

Thus Yosef, whom the emissaries called Bar-Nabba (which means “the Exhorter”), a Levi and a native of Cyprus,

sold a field which belonged to him and brought the money to the emissaries.

“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Yerushalayim. I don’t know what will happen to me there,

other than that in every city the Ruach HaKodesh keeps warning me that imprisonment and persecution await me.

But I consider my own life of no importance to me whatsoever, as long as I can finish the course ahead of me, the task I received from the Lord Yeshua — to declare in depth the Good News of God’s love and kindness.

but Sha’ul answered, “What are you doing, crying and trying to weaken my resolve? I am prepared not only to be tied up, but even to die in Yerushalayim for the name of the Lord Yeshua.”

We know that our old self was put to death on the execution-stake with him, so that the entire body of our sinful propensities might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.

Therefore, do not let sin rule in your mortal bodies, so that it makes you obey its desires;

So then, brothers, we don’t owe a thing to our old nature that would require us to live according to our old nature.

For if you live according to your old nature, you will certainly die; but if, by the Spirit, you keep putting to death the practices of the body, you will live.

Who will separate us from the love of the Messiah? Trouble? Hardship? Persecution? Hunger? Poverty? Danger? War?

As the Tanakh puts it, “For your sake we are being put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.”

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Yeshua the Messiah; and don’t waste your time thinking about how to provide for the sinful desires of your old nature.

Now as for a person whose trust is weak, welcome him — but not to get into arguments over opinions.

One person has the trust that will allow him to eat anything, while another whose trust is weak eats only vegetables.

The one who eats anything must not look down on the one who abstains; and the abstainer must not pass judgment on the one who eats anything, because God has accepted him —

who are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall; and the fact is that he will stand, because the Lord is able to make him stand.

One person considers some days more holy than others, while someone else regards them as being all alike. What is important is for each to be fully convinced in his own mind.

He who observes a day as special does so to honor the Lord. Also he who eats anything, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; likewise the abstainer abstains to honor the Lord, and he too gives thanks to God.

For none of us lives only in relation to himself, and none of us dies only in relation to himself;

for if we live, we live in relation to the Lord; and if we die, we die in relation to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord —

indeed, it was for this very reason that the Messiah died and came back to life, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

You then, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For all of us will stand before God’s judgment seat;