Matthew 16:24-25
New American Standard Bible
Discipleship Is Costly
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, (A)take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For (B)whoever wants to save his [a]life will lose it; but whoever loses his [b]life for My sake will find it.
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- Matthew 16:25 Or soul
- Matthew 16:25 Or soul
1 Corinthians 1:18
New American Standard Bible
The Wisdom of God
18 For the word of the cross is (A)foolishness to (B)those who [a]are perishing, but to us who [b]are being saved it is (C)the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved
1 Corinthians 1:17
New American Standard Bible
17 (A)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (B)not with [a]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:17 I.e., persuasive rhetoric
Galatians 5:24
New American Standard Bible
24 Now those who [a]belong to (A)Christ Jesus (B)crucified the flesh with its passions and (C)desires.
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- Galatians 5:24 Lit are of Christ Jesus
Galatians 2:20
New American Standard Bible
20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but (B)Christ lives in me; and [a]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in (C)the Son of God, who (D)loved me and (E)gave Himself up for me.
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- Galatians 2:20 Or insofar as I
Galatians 6:14
New American Standard Bible
14 But (A)[a]far be it from me to boast, (B)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, (C)through [b]which the world has been crucified to me, and (D)I to the world.
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- Galatians 6:14 Lit may it never be for
- Galatians 6:14 Or whom
2 Corinthians 4:10-11
New American Standard Bible
10 (A)always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that (B)the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
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