Luk 9:23-25, 14:26-33, 21:12-18, Joh 12:25-26, Gal 6:12, 2Ti 4:10 | ESV | STEP | And he said to all , If anyone would come after me , let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me .

23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^adeny himself and ^btake up his cross ^cdaily and follow me. 24 For ^dwhoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 ^eFor what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Luke 14:26-33

26 ^f“If anyone comes to me and ^gdoes not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^hyes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 ⁱWhoever does not ^jbear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not ^kfirst sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not ^lsit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 ^mSo therefore, any one of you who ⁿdoes not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Luke 21:12-18

12 But before all this ^othey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to ^pthe synagogues and ^qprisons, and you ^rwill be brought before ^skings and ^tgovernors for my name’s sake. 13 ^uThis will be your opportunity to bear witness. 14 Settle it therefore in your minds ^vnot to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15 for ^wI will give you a mouth and ^xwisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or ^ycontradict. 16 You will be delivered up ^zeven by parents and brothers ^{▼▼Or parents and brothers and sisters} and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 ^abYou will be hated by all for my name’s sake. 18 But ^acnot a hair of your head will perish.

John 12:25-26

25 ^adWhoever loves his life loses it, and ^aewhoever ^afhates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must ^agfollow me; and ^ahwhere I am, there will my servant be also. ^aiIf anyone serves me, ^ajthe Father will honor him.

Galatians 6:12

12 ^akIt is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh ^alwho would force you to be circumcised, and only ^amin order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

2 Timothy 4:10

10 For ^anDemas, ^aoin love with ^apthis present world, ^aqhas deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Gaul} ^asTitus to Dalmatia.