Bible Cross References
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Philippians 3:4-6
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I could, of course, put my trust in such things. If any of you think you can trust in external ceremonies, I have even more reason to feel that way.
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I was circumcised when I was a week old. I am an Israelite by birth, of the tribe of Benjamin, a pure-blooded Hebrew. As far as keeping the Jewish Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee,
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and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.
Philippians 3:8-10
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Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ
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and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
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All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,
Genesis 19:17
Then one of the angels said, "Run for your lives! Don't look back and don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, so that you won't be killed."
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Job 2:4
Satan replied, "A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.
Proverbs 13:8
The rich have to use their money to save their lives, but no one threatens the poor.
Proverbs 23:23
Truth, wisdom, learning, and good sense---these are worth paying for, but too valuable for you to sell.
Matthew 13:44-46
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"The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a field. He covers it up again, and is so happy that he goes and sells everything he has, and then goes back and buys that field.
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"Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man is looking for fine pearls,
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and when he finds one that is unusually fine, he goes and sells everything he has, and buys that pearl.
Matthew 16:26
Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.
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 14:33
In the same way," concluded Jesus, "none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.
Luke 16:8
As a result the master of this dishonest manager praised him for doing such a shrewd thing; because the people of this world are much more shrewd in handling their affairs than the people who belong to the light."
Luke 17:31-33
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"On that day someone who is on the roof of a house must not go down into the house to get any belongings; in the same way anyone who is out in the field must not go back to the house.
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Remember Lot's wife!
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Those who try to save their own life will lose it; those who lose their life will save it.
Acts 27:18
The violent storm continued, so on the next day they began to throw some of the ship's cargo overboard,
Acts 27:19
and on the following day they threw part of the ship's equipment overboard.
Acts 27:38
After everyone had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing all the wheat into the sea.
Galatians 2:15
Indeed, we are Jews by birth and not "Gentile sinners," as they are called.
Galatians 2:16
Yet we know that a person is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ, never by doing what the Law requires. We, too, have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be put right with God through our faith in Christ, and not by doing what the Law requires. For no one is put right with God by doing what the Law requires.
Galatians 5:2-5
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Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all.
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Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law.
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Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace.
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As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God's Spirit working through our faith.