3 Bible Verses about Asceticism, Types

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

These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.

But I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage; lest, by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.