34 Bible Verses about Being Single

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be well for them to remain as I am myself.

And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another.

But, if they cannot control themselves, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him;

While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It would be well for a man to remain single.

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

(If she has done so, let her remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.

For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

To those who are married my direction is-yet it is not mine, but the Master's-that a woman is not to leave her husband

"If that," said the disciples, "is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry."

Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is-in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and it is that of a man whom the Master in his mercy has made worthy to be trusted.

A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

I entreat you to make my happiness complete--Live together animated by the same spirit and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one Spirit.

The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.

In a single hour your vast wealth vanished.' Every ship's captain and all who sail to any port, and sailors, and all who get their living from the sea, stood at a distance,

I think, then, that, in view of the time of suffering that has now come upon us, what I have already said is best-that a man should remain as he is.

I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter round your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.

Yet not a single hair of your heads shall be lost!

Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept- -'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

The twelve gates were made of twelve pearls, each gate of one pearl. The street of the City was of pure gold, transparent as glass.

Lastly, you should all be united, sympathetic, full of brotherly love, kind-hearted, humble-minded;

But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.

The Presiding-Officer should be a man of blameless character; a faithful husband; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skillful teacher,

"It is not every one," replied Jesus, "who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.

As Scripture says-'There is not even one who is righteous,