Stoicism
12 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
7 sections
- Paul Teaches: Celibacy
- Paul Teaches: That the “Law of the Mind” is at War with the “Law of the Members”
- Paul Teaches: That the Body Must be Kept Under Subjection
- School of, at Athens
- Scripture Analogies to Came “Neither Eating Nor Drinking”
- Scripture Analogies to John the Baptist Wore Camel's Hair and Subsisted on Locusts and Wild Honey
- The Subordination of Natural Affection
Paul Teaches: Celibacy
- 1 Corinthians 7:1–9 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. …
- 1 Corinthians 7:25–26 Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. …
- 1 Corinthians 7:32–33 I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. …
- 1 Corinthians 7:39–40 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. …
Paul Teaches: That the “Law of the Mind” is at War with the “Law of the Members”
- Romans 7:23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- Romans 7:14–24 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. …
Paul Teaches: That the Body Must be Kept Under Subjection
- 1 Corinthians 9:27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
School of, at Athens
- Acts 17:18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the …
Scripture Analogies to Came “Neither Eating Nor Drinking”
- Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
- Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
Scripture Analogies to John the Baptist Wore Camel's Hair and Subsisted on Locusts and Wild Honey
- Matthew 3:4 John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
The Subordination of Natural Affection
- Matthew 10:37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be My disciple.
Related topics
CelibacyGood and EvilContinence
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.