Bible Verses About Death to Self
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for death to self, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 888 votes, led by Galatians 2:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Death to Self
Galatians 2:20113 votes
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.
Luke 9:2379 votes
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.
John 12:2461 votes
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.
Luke 9:23-2449 votes
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.
Galatians 5:2448 votes
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Romans 6:1146 votes
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Peter 4:1-241 votes
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;
Romans 12:1-240 votes
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.
Romans 8:12-1330 votes
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Romans 6:827 votes
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans 6:11-1427 votes
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:1-2325 votes
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
John 3:3023 votes
He must increase, but I must decrease.
2 Timothy 2:1122 votes
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
Romans 12:221 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 5:1719 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Luke 14:2818 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Galatians 6:1418 votes
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Romans 12:117 votes
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.
Ephesians 4:22-2417 votes
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Revelation 12:1116 votes
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Romans 6:614 votes
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.
Acts 20:2412 votes
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Romans 6:1312 votes
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.
John 3:1-3611 votes
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
What does the Bible say about death to self?
Readers most often cite Galatians 2:20 on the subject of death to self. Across 888 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 9:23, John 12:24, Luke 9:23-24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.