Mat 18:8-9, 19:12, Mar 9:43-47, Rom 8:13, 1Cor 9:27, Col 3:5 | ISV | STEP | “So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

Matthew 18:8-9

8 “So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.Matt 5:29-30; Mark 9:43, 45 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom} fire.

Matthew 19:12

12 For some men are celibate from birth, ^{▼▼Lit. from the mother's womb} while others are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”1Cor 7:32, 34

Mark 9:43-47

43 So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom} to the fire that cannot be put out.Deut 13:6; Matt 5:29; 18:8 44 In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse}Isa 66:24 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom} 46 In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse} 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom}

Romans 8:13

13 For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continually put to death the activities of the body, you will live.Rom 8:6; Gal 6:8; Eph 4:22; Col 3:5

1 Corinthians 9:27

27 No, I keep on beating my body and making it my slave so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.Jer 6:30; Rom 6:18-19; 8:13; 2Cor 13:5-6; Col 3:5

Colossians 3:5

5 So put to death your worldly impulses: ^{▼▼Lit. the parts that are on the earth} sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).Rom 6:13; 8:13; Gal 5:24; Eph 5:3, 5; 1Thes 4:5