Meaning
Stoicism A Grecian philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenient services.
Scripture analogies to:
- John the Baptist:
b Wears camel's hair and subsists on locusts and wild honey
Mat 3:4
b Comes »neither eating nor drinking«
Mat 11:18; Luk 7:33
- Jesus requires:
b Self-Denials and crosses
Mat 10:39; Mat 16:24; Mar 8:35; Luk 9:26; Luk 14:27
b the subordination of natural affection
Mat 10:37; Luk 14:26
- Paul teaches:
b That the »law of the mind« is at war with the »law of the members«
Rom 7:24
b That the body must be kept under
1Co 9:27
b Advises celibacy
1Co 7:9; 1Co 7:26; 1Co 7:33; 1Co 7:40
School of, at Athens
Act 17:18
Asceticism
