34 Bible Verses about Being Single

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows, that it is good for them to continue as I am;

And the wife and the virgin are different; the unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and spirit; but she that is married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

For I wish that all men were even as I am; but each one has his gift from God, and one is of one kind and another of another.

but if they have not self-control, let them marry; it is better to marry than to be incontinent.

But this I say, brothers, the time is short, so that in future those who have wives should be as those not having them,

But I wish you to be without cares. The unmarried man cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

but he that is married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

CONCERNING what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;

Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?

The light of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body will be light;

And which of you can add a cubit to his stature?

Are you bound to a wife, seek not a release; are you released from a wife, seek not a wife.

But if you marry, you do not sin and if the virgin marries she does not sin. But such will have affliction in the flesh; but I spare you.

and also if she is separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to the husband, and let not a husband leave his wife.

For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body being many are one body, so also is Christ;

But the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband,

The disciples said to him, If the case of a man is thus with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

But she is happier if she continues thus, in my opinion, and I think also I have the Spirit of God.

And concerning the virgins I have no ordinance of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Let not a widow be enrolled under sixty years of age, a wife of one husband,

For there are eunuchs from birth, who were born so from their mother; and there are eunuchs who are made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive [this doctrine] let him receive it.

fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, having the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one opinion.

The light of the body is the eye; when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body is light; but when your eye is evil, your whole body is dark.

for in one hour are so great riches made a desolation. And every sailing-master and every one who sails to the place, and sailors and all that work on the sea, shall stand afar off,

I think then that this is good on account of the present necessity, because it is good for man to be so.

But I say this for your own profit; not to impose a snare on you, but for [your] honor, and [your] attending on the Lord without distraction.

and a hair of your heads shall by no means perish;

For all the law is fully contained in one precept; you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was of one pearl. And the street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.

Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, loving as brothers, compassionate, humble,

but on account of fornications, let each man have his wife, and each woman have her husband.

It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,

And he said to them, All do not receive this word, but those to whom it is given.

as it is written, There is none righteous not one,