19 Bible Verses about Singleness

For it is written, Rejoice, O thou barren who bearest not, break into joy, thou who travailest not; for the children of the desolate woman are far more than of the married.

I would like all men to be as I am. However, everyone is endowed by God in his own way; he has a gift for the one life or the other.

The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's position with his wife, there is no good in marrying." He said to them, "True, but this truth is not practicable for everyone, it is only for those who have the gift. There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!

Refuse to put young widows on the list, for when their wanton desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry and thus are guilty of breaking their first troth to Him. Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.read more.
So I prefer young widows to marry again, to bear children, to look after their households, and not to afford our opponents any chance of reviling us.

I have no orders from the Lord for unmarried women, but I will give you the opinion of one whom you can trust, after all the Lord's mercy to him. Well, what I think is this: that, considering the imminent distress in these days, it would be an excellent plan for you to remain just as you are. Are you tied to a wife? Never try to untie the knot. Are you free? Never try to get married.read more.
Of course, if you are actually married, there is no sin in that; and if a maid marries, there is no sin in that. (At the same time those who marry will have outward trouble ??and I would spare you that.)

For married people these are my instructions (and they are the Lord's, not mine). A wife is not to separate from her husband ??11 if she has separated, she must either remain single or be reconciled to him ??and a husband must not put away his wife.

but there is so much immorality that every man had better have a wife of his own and every woman a husband of her own. The husband must give the wife her conjugal dues, and the wife in the same way must give her husband his; the wife cannot do as she pleases with her body ??her husband has power, and in the same way the husband cannot do as he pleases with his body ??his wife has power.read more.
Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence. But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

To the unmarried and to widows I would say this: it is an excellent thing if like me they remain as they are.

Now about the questions in your letter. It is an excellent thing for a man to have no intercourse with a woman;

I want you to be free from all anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's affairs, how best to satisfy the Lord; the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy his wife ??34 so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband. I am saying this in your own interests. Not that I want to restrict your freedom. It is only to secure decorum and concentration upon a life of devotion to the Lord.

Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'

and had four unmarried daughters who prophesied). We stayed with him.

The really forlorn widow has her hope fixed on God, night and day she is at her prayers and supplications;

At the resurrection people neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels of God in heaven.

When people rise from the dead they neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels in heaven.

but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

I mean, brothers, ??the interval has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none, let mourners live as if they were not mourning, let the joyful live as if they had no joy, let buyers live as if they had no hold on their goods, let those who mix in the world live as if they were not engrossed in it, for the present phase of things is passing away.