9 Bible Verses about Celibacy
Most Relevant Verses
His disciples say unto Him, if the case of a man with his wife be thus, it is not adviseable to marry:
And I would have you without anxiety. Now he, that is unmarried, careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he,
Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to me: it were good for a man not to touch a woman.
for I could wish that all men were as I myself am; but every man hath his proper gift from God, one of one kind and another of another?
I think then, that it is---better on account of the present distress,---that it is better, I say,
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,
Now the Spirit expressly saith, that in latter times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to seducing spirits, and doctrines of demons founded in the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience, forbidding to marry, and enjoining abstinence from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by those that believe and know the truth.
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth: these were redeemed from among men, as the first-fruits unto God and the Lamb.
His disciples say unto Him, if the case of a man with his wife be thus, it is not adviseable to marry: but He said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying of yours, but those only who have the gift of continence: for there are some eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb; and there be some, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that can receive this saying, let him receive it.
From Thematic Bible
Stoicism » Paul teaches » Celibacy
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord: but she is happier, in my opinion, if she continue as she is: and I think I have the Spirit of God.
Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to me: it were good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless to prevent whoredoms, let every one have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence; and in like manner also the wife to the husband. read more.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband; and in like manner also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Do not withdraw from one another, unless by consent for a season, that ye may attend to fasting and prayer: and come together again, least Satan tempt you through your incontinency. But I say this by way of permission, not of command: for I could wish that all men were as I myself am; but every man hath his proper gift from God, one of one kind and another of another? Now to the unmarried and widows I say, it is good for them to continue so, as I do. But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with lust.
But concerning single persons I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I think then, that it is---better on account of the present distress,---that it is better, I say,
And I would have you without anxiety. Now he, that is unmarried, careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he, that is married, is in care about the things of the world, and how he may please his wife.
