34 Bible Verses about Being Single

Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them, if they remain even as I am.

and has become divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that is married is anxious for the things of the world, that she may please her husband.

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.

But, if they have not continency let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

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,

Now concerning the things of which ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman;

And who of you, by being anxious, can add to his stature one cubit?

"The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be full of light;

"And who of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to his stature?

Have you become bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

But, even if you marry, you did not sin; and, if a virgin marry, she did not sin. Yet such will have tribulation in the flesh; and I am sparing you.

but if she even depart, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and that the husband leave not his wife.

For, as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is the Christ;

And to the married I give command??ot I, but the Lord??hat the wife depart not from her husband;

The disciples say to Him, "If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

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 virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as having received mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

Let a widow be enrolled, when she has become not less than sixty years old, having been a wife of one man,

for there are eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

fill ye up my joy, that ye think the same thing; having the same love; united in soul; minding the one thing;

The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is sound, your whole body also is full of light; but, when it is evil, your body also is dark.

because in one hour so great wealth was made desolate!' And every ship-master, and every one sailing to any place, and mariners, and as many as do business at sea, stood afar off;

I think, therefore, that this is good on account of the impending distress; namely, that it is good for a man to be thus.

And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for that which is seemly, and compatible with constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

for the whole law has been fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates, severally, was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.

And, finally, be ye all of one mind, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

but, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

It is needful, therefore, that the bishop be irreproachable, a husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach,

But He said to them, "Not all can receive this saying, but those to whom it has been given;

as it has been written, "There is none righteous, no not one;