Luke 9:23-24
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23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]. 24 For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake, he is the one who will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].
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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the [a]sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.
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- Galatians 5:24 Lit flesh.
Galatians 6:14
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14 But far be it from me to boast [in anything or anyone], except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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2 Corinthians 4:10
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10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body.
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2 Corinthians 4:11
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11 For we who live are constantly [experiencing the threat of] being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced in our mortal body [which is subject to death].
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Romans 6:6-7
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6 We know that our old [a]self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. 7 For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin.
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- Romans 6:6 Gr anthropos, i.e. man, person.
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