Matthew 19:10
"If that," said the disciples, "is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry."
1 Corinthians 7:1-2
With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It would be well for a man to remain single.
1 Corinthians 7:8
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.
1 Corinthians 7:26-28
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.
1 Corinthians 7:32-35
I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him;
1 Corinthians 7:39-40
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry any one she wishes, provided he is a believer.
1 Timothy 4:3
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.
1 Timothy 5:11-15
But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,