Mark 8:34
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34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him (A)deny himself and (B)take up his cross and follow me.
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Matthew 10:38
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38 And (A)whoever does not take his cross and (B)follow me is not worthy of me.
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John 10:27
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27 (A)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
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Luke 14:26-27
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1 Kings 14:8
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8 and (A)tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been (B)like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes,
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Numbers 14:24
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24 But my servant (A)Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has (B)followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (A)have crucified the flesh with its (B)passions and desires.
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Galatians 2:20
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20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives (B)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, (C)who loved me and (D)gave himself for me.
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1 John 3:16
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16 By this we know love, that (A)he laid down his life for us, and (B)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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1 Corinthians 4:9-13
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9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, (A)like men sentenced to death, because we (B)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 (C)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (D)you are wise in Christ. (E)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (F)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (G)buffeted and (H)homeless, 12 and we (I)labor, working with our own hands. (J)When reviled, we bless; (K)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (L)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (M)the refuse of all things.
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Matthew 7:13-14
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13 (A)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and (B)the way is hard that leads to life, and (C)those who find it are few.
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- Matthew 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy
1 Peter 4:1
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Stewards of God's Grace
4 Since therefore (A)Christ suffered in the flesh,[a] (B)arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for (C)whoever has suffered in the flesh (D)has ceased from sin,
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- 1 Peter 4:1 Some manuscripts add for us; some for you
Colossians 3:5
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5 (A)Put to death therefore (B)what is earthly in you:[a] (C)sexual immorality, impurity, (D)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, (E)which is idolatry.
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- Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth
Philippians 3:10
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10 (A)that I may know him and (B)the power of his resurrection, and (C)may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
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Mark 9:43-48
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43 (A)And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to (B)hell,[a] to (C)the unquenchable fire.[b] 45 (D)And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into (E)hell. 47 (F)And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into (G)hell, 48 ‘where (H)their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
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Matthew 16:24
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him (A)deny himself and (B)take up his cross and follow me.
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Revelation 2:10
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2 Peter 1:14
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14 (A)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, (B)as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
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1 Peter 4:13
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13 But rejoice (A)insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad (B)when his glory is revealed.
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Colossians 1:24
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Paul's Ministry to the Church
24 Now (A)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I am filling up (C)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions (D)for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
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Philippians 3:7
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7 But (A)whatever gain I had, (B)I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
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Galatians 6:14
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14 But far be it from me to boast (A)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world (B)has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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- Galatians 6:14 Or through whom
1 Corinthians 15:31
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31 I protest, brothers, by (A)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (B)I die every day!
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Romans 15:1-3
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The Example of Christ
15 (A)We who are strong (B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 (C)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For (D)Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, (E)“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
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Romans 8:17
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17 and if children, then (A)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (B)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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