Bible Cross References
If
Luke 14:26
"Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
Luke 14:27
Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.
Matthew 10:38
Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples.
Matthew 10:39
Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.
Matthew 16:22-25
22
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "God forbid it, Lord!" he said. "That must never happen to you!"
23
Jesus turned around and said to Peter, "Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature."
24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.
25
For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.
Mark 8:34-38
34
Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. "If any of you want to come with me," he told them, "you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.
35
For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it.
36
Do you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not!
37
There is nothing you can give to regain your life.
38
If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching in this godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
John 12:25
Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal.
John 12:26
Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live.
Colossians 3:5
You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).
2 Timothy 3:12
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;
deny
Titus 2:12
That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world,
daily
1 Corinthians 15:30
And as for us---why would we run the risk of danger every hour?
1 Corinthians 15:31
My friends, I face death every day! The pride I have in you, in our life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord, makes me declare this.