Bible Verses about “death to self”

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”

“For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”

“And he said to [them] all, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.›”

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.”

“He must increase, but I [must] decrease.”

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”

“Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.”

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”

“That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.”

“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”

“‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.›”

“¶ Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;”

“God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”

“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.”

“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”

“¶ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”

“For he that is dead is freed from sin.”

“What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”

“Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”

“I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”

“For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:”

“Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:”

“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”

“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.”

“For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.”

“For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.”

“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.”

“‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.›”

“[It is] a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [him], we shall also live with [him]:”