4 Bible Verses about Asceticism, Types

And then a widow, till she had reached the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple Courts, but, fasting and praying, worshiped God night and day.

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

These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.

No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.