Bible Verses about 'Not doing things for self'

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• Let us never grow weary in doing what is right, for if we do not give up, we will reap our harvest in due time.
  Galatians 6:9 righteousness reward patience
• Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
  Luke 23:34 crucifixion forgiveness easter
• “All things are lawful,” you may say—but not all things are beneficial. All things may be lawful—but not all things are constructive.
  1 Corinthians 10:23 law goodness righteousness
• Fix your thoughts on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.
  Colossians 3:2 heaven mind world
• Let mutual love continue, and do not forget to offer hospitality to strangers, for by doing this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  Hebrews 13:1-2 love gentleness neighbor
• Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you may be, when you pass judgment on others. For in judging others you condemn yourself, since you are doing the same things.
  Romans 2:1 righteousness judgment neighbor
• “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not allow myself to be dominated by anything.
  1 Corinthians 6:12 addiction desires life
• Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing.
  1 Thessalonians 5:11 encouragement learning neighbor
• Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though our outer self is continuing to decay, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  2 Corinthians 4:16 beauty encouragement receiving
• Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
  Colossians 3:9-10 lying life conversion
• Do the things that you have learned, received, and heard from me and that you saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
  Philippians 4:9 peace listening learning
• Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing
  but rejoices in the truth.
  Love bears all things,
  believes all things,
  hopes all things,
  endures all things.
  1 Corinthians 13:6-7 love truth evil
• In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
  Galatians 5:22-23 law Spirit blessing
• To those who seek after glory and honor and immortality by persevering in good works, he will grant eternal life.
  Romans 2:7 obedience seeking eternal life
• Like a city that has been breached and made defenseless
  is the man devoid of self-control.
  Proverbs 25:28 self-control desires
• Yet even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are thereby blessed. Have no fear of others, and refuse to be intimidated by them.
  1 Peter 3:14 righteousness suffering fear
• Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by mutual consent for a specified time so as to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan may not tempt you by taking advantage of your lack of self-control.
  1 Corinthians 7:5 marriage devil self-control
• But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Your almsgiving must be done in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
  Matthew 6:3-4 giving reward Father
• Faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the conviction about things that cannot be seen.
  Hebrews 11:1 faith truth hope
• In view of all this, you should make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with piety, and piety with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
  2 Peter 1:5-7 faith goodness self-control
• Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. For God all things are possible.”
  Mark 10:27 miracles salvation Jesus
• Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly, as if you were doing it for the Lord and not for others, since you know that you will receive from the Lord an inheritance as your reward for you are serving the Lord Christ.
  Colossians 3:23-24 reward life receiving
• O Lord, you are my God.
  I will exalt you and praise your name,
  for you have accomplished wonderful things,
  formulated in ages past, faithful and sure.
  Isaiah 25:1 reliability God worship
• Everyone who seeks a prize submits himself to rigorous self-discipline in every respect. They do so to win a perishable crown, while we seek an imperishable one.
  1 Corinthians 9:25 self-control reward eternal life
• For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but rather a spirit of power and of love and of wisdom.
  2 Timothy 1:7 love self-control strength
• Abba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.
  Mark 14:36 easter Father Jesus
• For us there is
  one God, the Father,
  from whom all things are
  and for whom we exist,
  and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
  through whom all things are
  and through whom we exist.
  1 Corinthians 8:6 Father life Jesus
• For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
  Romans 11:36 creation worship gratitude
• The end of all things is near. Therefore, lead disciplined lives and be watchful in prayer.
  1 Peter 4:7 second coming end times rest
• Jesus answered, “If it is possible! All things are possible for one who has faith.”
  Mark 9:23 faith miracles healing
• However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God.
  1 Corinthians 2:10 God Spirit planning
• When someone sins and does any of the things that the Lord has forbidden, even if he does not realize he did it, he has still committed an offense and must bear his guilt.
  Leviticus 5:17 sin law punishment
• Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
  Matthew 19:26 miracles salvation understanding
• I can do all things in him who strengthens me.
  Philippians 4:13 God strength protection
• Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with your whole heart, considering the great things he has done for you.
  1 Samuel 12:24 awe serving heart
• No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us.
  Romans 8:37 overcoming God love
• For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6 sin resurrection addiction
• For our eyes are fixed not on what is seen but rather on that which cannot be seen. What is visible is transitory; what is invisible is eternal.
  2 Corinthians 4:18 eternal life materialism understanding
• Those who live according to the flesh fix their attention on the things of the flesh, while those who live according to the Spirit set their thoughts on spiritual things.
  Romans 8:5 life body Spirit
• We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose.
  Romans 8:28 love God calling
• God chose those in the world who were lowly and despised, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who were regarded as worthy, so that no one could boast in the presence of God.
  1 Corinthians 1:28-29 humility calling world
• He has satisfied the thirsty
  and filled the hungry with good things.
  Psalm 107:9 reliability food
• Do not seek to adorn yourself externally—by the braiding of your hair and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothing. Rather, let your adornment be of your inner self, the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
  1 Peter 3:3-4 humility beauty heart
• Through him all things came into existence,
  and without him there was nothing.
  That which came to be.
  John 1:3 Word of God creation life
• For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  Romans 8:38-39 love mediator death
• Woe to anyone who rises up against his Maker,
  or to the pot that is displeased with the potter.
  Does the clay say to the one who molds it,
  “What are you doing?
  Your work makes no sense.”
  Isaiah 45:9 creation humility understanding
• And we are witnesses to these things, as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.
  Acts 5:32 obedience Spirit receiving
• I have told you these things
  so that my joy may be in you
  and your joy may be complete.
  John 15:11 joy Jesus blameless
• However, the one who looks intently at the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard but putting it into practice—will be blessed in everything he does.
  James 1:25 law blessing listening
• One day, as Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the Sabbath, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain as they walked along. The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are your disciples doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath?”
  
  He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread that only the priests were permitted to eat, and he shared it with his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
  Mark 2:23-28 sabbath bread