34 Bible Verses about Being Single
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I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.
A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.
For I would that all men were even as myself: but every man hath his peculiar gift from God, one of this sort, and another of that.
But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Now this I say, brethren, that the time is short. The conclusion is, that even they who have wives, should be as though they had not;
But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord:
but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.
NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman.
But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature?
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be enlightened.
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
But if thou shouldst marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; though such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.
and even if she should be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are one body: so also is Christ.
But to the married not I command, but the Lord, That the wife be not separated from the husband:
His disciples said unto him, If the case of a man with his wife be thus, it is not expedient to marry.
But she is more blessed if she abide as she is, in my opinion: and I think I have the spirit of God.
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I offer my opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
Let no widow be put on the list under sixty years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband,
For there are eunuchs, who were so from their mothers' womb; and there are eunuchs, who have been made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that is capable of receiving, let him receive it.
fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind.
The lamp of the body is the eye: when therefore thine eye is clear, thy whole body will be luminous, but if it be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened.
And every pilot, and all the crew in the ships, and the mariners, and as many as exercise their labours on the sea, stood afar off,
I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus.
Now I say this for your own advantage, and not that I should lay a snare in your way, but as what is seemly, and that you may wait on the Lord without distraction.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
And the twelve gates were twelve several pearls; every one of the gates was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.
Finally, be all like-minded, sympathizing, loving fraternally, compassionate, friendly hearted,
But because of the whoredoms, let every man have his own wife, and every wife her own husband.
A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;
Then he said to them, All men are not capable of receiving this saying, but they to whom it is given.
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