Celibacy

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. — read the full passage →

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. — read the full passage →

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.” — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man slayers, — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. — read the full passage →

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.” — read the full passage →

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, — read the full passage →

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing. — read the full passage →

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Thus says Yahweh, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest? — read the full passage →

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; — read the full passage →

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. — read the full passage →

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came also to me, saying, — read the full passage →

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. — read the full passage →

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.” — read the full passage →

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. — read the full passage →

You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. — read the full passage →

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth, — read the full passage →

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting. — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, — read the full passage →

The same was in the beginning with God.

Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. — read the full passage →

He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her. — read the full passage →

Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. — read the full passage →

On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, — read the full passage →

Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?” — read the full passage →