Matthew 15:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Matthew 15:25 - For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it."

Matthew 15:26 - What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?  Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Romans 8:12 - Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.

Romans 8:13 - For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,  you will live.

Titus 2:1 - For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

Titus 2:12 - It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.

Luke 18:29 - "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no-one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

Luke 18:30 - will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."