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StoicismNAVE'S
(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 Matthew 3:4
Came "neither eating nor drinking," Matthew 11:18 · Luke 7:33
Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," Matthew 10:38,39 · Matthew 16:24 · Mark 8:34,35 · Luke 9:23-26 · Luke 14:27
The subordination of natural affection Matthew 10:37 · Luke 14:26
Paul teaches
That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members," Romans 7:23
That the body must be kept under subjection 1 Corinthians 9:27
School of, at Athens Acts 17:18
See also: Asceticism
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