Asceticism

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A philosophy that leads to severe austerities in subordinating the body to the control of the moral attributes of the mind)
• Extreme application of
• Rebuked by JesusMatthew 11:19Luke 7:34
• Rebuked by PaulColossians 2:20–231 Timothy 4:1–41 Timothy 4:8
• See Stoicism
• INSTANCES OF THE PRACTICE OF
• John the BaptistMatthew 11:18Luke 7:33
• Those who practiced celibacy "for the kingdom of heaven's sake,"Matthew 19:12

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 11:18

   For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

   ›Commentary on Matthew 11:182 voices

   “If fasting then pleases you, why were you not satisfied with John? If fulness, why not with the Son of man? Yet one of these ye said had a dæmon, the other ye called a gluttonous man, and drunkard.

   “For John came neither eating nor drinking,....

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2. Matthew 11:19

   The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”

   ›Commentary on Matthew 11:192 voices

   “Wisdom is justified of her children, i. e. The dispensation or doctrine of God, or Christ Himself who is the power and wisdom of God, is proved by the Apostles, who are His children, to have done righteously. Some copies read, Wisdom is justified of her works, for wisdom does not seek the witness of words, but of works.

   “If fasting then pleases you, why were you not satisfied with John? If fulness, why not with the Son of man? Yet one of these ye said had a dæmon, the other ye called a gluttonous man, and drunkard.

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3. Matthew 19:12

   For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

   ›Commentary on Matthew 19:122 voices

   “He speaks of three kinds of eunuchs, of whom two are carnal, and one spiritual. One, those who are so born of their mother's womb; another, those whom enemies or courtly luxury has made so; a third, those who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven, and who might have been men, but become eunuchs for Christ. To them the reward is promised, for to the others whose continence was involuntary, nothing is due. (cf. Orig. in loc.) Or we may say otherwise.

   “For there are some eunuchs,....

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4. Luke 7:33

   For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

   ›Commentary on Luke 7:332 voices

   “They take upon themselves to slander a man worthy of all admiration. They say that he who mortifies the law of sin which is in his members hath a devil.

   “For John the Baptist,.... Who is designed by the children that mourned in the above simile, with whom his character and conduct agree; he preached very mournful doctrine, delivered it in a very solemn and awful manner, and lived a very austere life, and fasted much, as did also his disciples. The word "Baptist" is here added by Luke, which Matthew has not, to distinguish him from others; and it may be, because he had just spoke of his baptism.

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5. Luke 7:34

   The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

   ›Commentary on Luke 7:342 voices

   “But where could they point out the Lord as gluttonous? For Christ is found every where repressing excess, and leading men to temperance. But He associated with publicans and sinners. Hence they said against Him, He is a friend of Publicans and sinners, though He could in no wise fall into sin, but on the contrary was to them the cause of salvation. For the sun is not polluted though sending its rays over all the earth, and frequently falling upon unclean bodies. Neither will the Sun of righteousness be hurt by associating with the bad.

   “The son of man is come eating and drinking,....

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6. Colossians 2:20–23

   If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

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   “With the knowledge of what Paul had seen and heard in paradise, he cried out saying: "Why, as if still viewing the world do you lay down rules: 'Do not touch; nor handle; nor taste!'—things which must all perish in their very use!" He wished us to be in the world in figure, not in actual possession and use of it.

   “Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ,.... Or "seeing ye are dead with Christ"; for these words do not signify any doubt about it, but suppose it, and press what is taken for granted.

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7. 1 Timothy 4:1–4

   Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

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   “Wherefore it becomes us to watch, lest some deception be conveyed under the clothing of their phrases, and they lead away certain from the true faith. And if they venture to advance the opinions of Arius, when they see themselves proceeding in a prosperous course, nothing remains for us but to use great boldness of speech, remembering the predictions of the Apostle, which he wrote to forewarn us of such like heresies, and which it becomes us to repeat.

   “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,....

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8. 1 Timothy 4:8

   For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

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   Some indeed put it thus, "Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies and not to what is useful." The reference is to that kind of usefulness which is always on the watch for making gains in business and has been bent and diverted by the habits of men to the pursuit of money. For as a rule most people call that only useful which is profitable, but we are speaking of that kind of usefulness which is sought in earthly loss "that we may gain Christ," whose gain is "godliness with contentment."

   “For bodily exercise profiteth little,....

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