→ (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 7:33
→ Jesus 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 7:1-9,25,26,32,33,39,40
→ School of, at Athens Ac 17:18
→ See ASCETICISM