Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

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; Lk. 7:33
  • Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," Mt. 10:38, 39, 16:24; Mk. 8:34, 35; Lk. 9:23-26, 14:27
  • The subordination of natural affection Mt. 10:37; Lk. 14:26
  • Paul teaches
    • That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members," Rom. 7:23; with 7:14-24
    • That the body must be kept under subjection 1 Cor. 9:27
    • Celibacy 1 Cor. 7:1-9, 25, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40
  • School of, at Athens Acts 17:18
    • See ASCETICISM