Bible Verses About Self-Denial

for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord--to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean--to that one it is unclean;

and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, is acceptable to God and approved of men.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

Thou hast faith! to thyself have it before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat--shall not his conscience--he being infirm--be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,

and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?

and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience--in regard to Christ ye sin;

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

if others do partake of the authority over you--not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for it is good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

What, then, is my reward? --that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;