Bible Verses About Diogenes And Cynic Philosophy

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Direct passage against philosophy and empty deceit.

And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

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Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Only a lexical dog reference; not about Diogenes or Cynic philosophy.

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

General context about philosophical debate in Athens, not Diogenes or Cynics.

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

Generic Greeks seek wisdom passage without specific Diogenes/Cynic teaching.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

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I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

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One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.

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(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

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Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

passage on self-made religion and appearance of wisdom.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

passage on worldly wisdom being made foolish.

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

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Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

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Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

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This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

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Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

passage on humility, useful as related moral frame.