Thematic Bible: Stoicism
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Stoicism » Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses,"
Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;
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And whosoever does not bear his own cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.
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And whosoever does not take up his cross, and follow Me, is not worthy of Me. "He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.
And, calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whosoever would save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his soul for My sake and the Gospel's, shall save it.
And He said to all, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it; but whosoever will lose his soul for My sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man profited, in having gained the whole world, but having lost or forfeited himself? read more.
For whosoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when He cometh in His glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.
For whosoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when He cometh in His glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Stoicism » Paul teaches » Celibacy
A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but, if her husband fall asleep, she is at liberty to he married to whom she will: only in the Lord. But she is happier, if she abides as she is, according to my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Now concerning the things of which ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman; but, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to the wife her due; and, in like manner, the wife to the husband. read more.
The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife. Defraud not one the other, except by consent for a Season, that ye may have leisure for prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency. But this I say by way of permission, not of command. And I wish all men to be even as myself. Each one, however, has his own gift from God; one, indeed, after this manner, and another, after that. Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them, if they remain even as I am. But, if they have not continency let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife. Defraud not one the other, except by consent for a Season, that ye may have leisure for prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency. But this I say by way of permission, not of command. And I wish all men to be even as myself. Each one, however, has his own gift from God; one, indeed, after this manner, and another, after that. Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them, if they remain even as I am. But, if they have not continency let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Now, concerning the virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as having received mercy from the Lord to be faithful. I think, therefore, that this is good on account of the impending distress; namely, that it is good for a man to be thus.
But I wish you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he that is married is anxious for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
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For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do. But, if what I wish not, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good. read more.
And now no longer do I accomplish it, but the sin which dwells in me. For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good; for to wish is present with me: but to do that which is good a not. For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice. But, if what I wish not, this I do, it is no more I that perform it, but the sin that is dwelling in me. Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present. or I delight in the law of God after the inward man; but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
And now no longer do I accomplish it, but the sin which dwells in me. For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good; for to wish is present with me: but to do that which is good a not. For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice. But, if what I wish not, this I do, it is no more I that perform it, but the sin that is dwelling in me. Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present. or I delight in the law of God after the inward man; but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
Stoicism » The subordination of natural affection
"He that loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me; and he that loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me.
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"If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple.
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Stoicism » Scripture analogies to » Came "neither eating nor drinking,"
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
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For John, the Immerser, has come, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, 'He has a demon.'
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Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the body must be kept under subjection
But I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage; lest, by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
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Stoicism » School of, at athens
And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were encountering him. And some said, "What would this babbler wish to say?" And others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods;" because he proclaimed the good tidings of Jesus and the resurrection.
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Stoicism » Scripture analogies to » John the baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey
And John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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