Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(A)
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Ezekiel 36:27
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27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(A)
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Matthew 16:24
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The Cross and Self-Denial
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A)
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Romans 6:19
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19 I am speaking in human terms because of your limitations.[a] For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading to even more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.(A)
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- 6.19 Gk the weakness of your flesh
2 Peter 2:9
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9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished(A)
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Ephesians 4:22-25
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22 to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,(A) 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.(B)
Rules for the New Life
25 So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.(C)
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Psalm 4:3
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3 But know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.(A)
1 John 2:6
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6 whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.(A)
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2 Timothy 3:12
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12 Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.(A)
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Revelation 14:12
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12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of[a] Jesus.(A)
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- 14.12 Or to their faith in
2 Peter 1:4-8
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4 Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.(A) 5 For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge,(B) 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. 8 For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(C)
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Luke 1:75
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75 in holiness and righteousness
in his presence all our days.(A)
Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(B)
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