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STOICISM ;
(A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience)
Scripture analogies to
- John the Baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts
and wild honey - Mt 3:4- Came "neither eating nor drinking,"
- Mt 11:18; Lu 7:33Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," - Mt 10:38,39; 16:24; Mr 8:34,35; Lu 9:23-26; 14:27
The subordination of natural affection - Mt 10:37; Lu 14:26
Paul teaches
- That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the
members," - Ro 7:23; with 7:14-24- That the body must be kept under subjection
- 1Co 9:27- Celibacy
- 1Co 7:1-9,25,26,32,33,39,40School of, at Athens - Ac 17:18
See ASCETICISM
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