Bible Verses About Self-Denial

For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.

Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more. But judge this rather, that you put not a stumblingblock or a scandal in your brother's way.

I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For if, because of thy meat, thy brother be grieved, thou walkest not now according to charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

Let not then our good be evil spoken of.

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink: but justice and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

For he that in this serveth Christ pleaseth God and is approved of men.

Therefore, let us follow after the things that are of peace and keep the things that are of edification, one towards another.

Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

It is good not to eat flesh and not to drink wine: nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended or scandalized or made weak.

Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Blessed is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth.

Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Let every one of you Please his neighbour unto good, to edification.

For Christ did not please himself: but, as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

For what things soever were written were written for our learning: that, through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind, one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:

All things are lawful to me: but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me: but I will not be brought under the power of any.

For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not his conscience, being weak, be emboldened to eat those things which are sacrificed to idols?

And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died?

Now when you sin thus against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother.

If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die rather than that any man should make my glory void.

What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.