Luke 9:23

A Conservative Version

And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live.

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

disciplining us, so that, having denied irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and piously in the present age.

And also all those who want to live devoutly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Let us therefore go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.