45 Bible Verses about Being Single

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

The two are to be joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, forming the two angles.

For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,

In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:

But not a hair of your head will come to destruction.

For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you.