Dying to Self

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.