Priests Not Marrying

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 →

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

Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

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.”

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 →

“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

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

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;

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 →

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

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

A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — 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 →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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 there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

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.”

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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

Let all that you do be done in love.

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.

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

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,

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

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

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

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

This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

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?

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 →

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

He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people; — read the full passage →

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: — read the full passage →

For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. — read the full passage →

He shall not profane his seed among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God: — read the full passage →

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.