11 Bible Verses about Unmarried

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. 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. 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.read more.
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. What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none, Those who are weeping as if not weeping, those who are rejoicing as if not rejoicing, those who buy as if not possessing, And those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away. 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; 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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.

"How can this be?" Mary asked the angel. "For I have no husband."

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" replied Jesus,

(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.

and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.