CELIBACY
Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
MAT 19:10 The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a
husband and wife, it is better not to marry."
11 Jesus replied, "Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to
whom it has been given.
12 For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made
that way by men; and others have renounced marriage because of the kingdom
of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it."
1CO 7:1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to
marry.
2 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own
wife, and each woman her own husband.
7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from
God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay
unmarried, as I am.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is
better to marry than to burn with passion.
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a
judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to
remain as you are.
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned
about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord.
33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he
can please his wife--
34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is
concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in
both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of
this world--how she can please her husband.
35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you
may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is
engaged to, and if she is getting along in years and he feels he ought to
marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get
married.
37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no
compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind
not to marry the virgin--this man also does the right thing.
38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not
marry her does even better.
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband
dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the
Lord.
40 In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is--and I think that
I too have the Spirit of God.
1TI 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the
faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have
been seared as with a hot iron.
3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain
foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who
believe and who know the truth.
REV 14:4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for
they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were
purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.
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