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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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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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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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 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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Luke 1:75
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75 in holiness and righteousness
in his presence all our days.(A)
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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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)
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
1 John 2:15-17
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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,(A) 16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 And the world and its desire[a] are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.(B)
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- 2.17 Or the desire for it
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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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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1 Peter 1:14-18
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14 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15 Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct,(A) 16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”(B)
17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.(C) 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold
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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
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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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1 John 2:27
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27 As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.[a](A)
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2 Peter 3:11
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11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,
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2 Peter 2:20-22
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20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the[a] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.(A) 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was handed on to them.(B) 22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb,
“The dog turns back to its own vomit,”
and,
“The sow is washed only to wallow in the mud.”(C)
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read our
Colossians 3:5-9
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5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A) 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.[a](B) 7 These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.[b] 8 But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive[c] language from your mouth.(C) 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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The Postponement of Paul’s Visit
12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
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Romans 6:12
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12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, so that you obey their desires.(A)
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1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.(A)
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1 Peter 4:2-5
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2 so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.(A) 3 You have already spent enough time in doing what the gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.(B) 4 They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.[a](C) 5 But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.(D)
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- 4.4 Or they malign you
1 Peter 2:11-12
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Live as Servants of God
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A) 12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[b](B)
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