9 Bible Verses about Celibacy
Most Relevant Verses
The disciples said to him, If the case of a man is thus with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.
But I wish you to be without cares. The unmarried man cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
CONCERNING what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
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.
I think then that this is good on account of the present necessity, because it is good for man to be so.
It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons, [misled] by the hypocrisy of false teachers, whose consciences are cauterized, who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and those who know the truth.
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the Lamb,
The disciples said to him, If the case of a man is thus with his wife, it is not expedient to marry. And he said to them, All do not receive this word, but those to whom it is given. 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.
From Thematic Bible
Stoicism » Paul teaches » Celibacy
A woman is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead then she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier if she continues thus, in my opinion, and I think also I have the Spirit of God.
CONCERNING what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman; but on account of fornications, let each man have his wife, and each woman have her husband. Let the husband render to the wife her due, and in like manner also the wife the husband. read more.
The wife has not the right to her body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband has not the right to his body, but the wife. Withhold not yourselves from one another, except by agreement for a time that you may be at leisure for prayer, and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you by your incontinence. But this I say by suggestion, not by command. 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. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows, that it is good for them to continue as I am; but if they have not self-control, let them marry; it is better to marry than to be incontinent.
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. I think then that this is good on account of the present necessity, because it is good for man to be so.
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.
