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.
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
And all indeed that will live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and piously, in this present world;
Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.