Singleness

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. — read the full passage →

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; — read the full passage →

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. — read the full passage →

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. — read the full passage →

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. — read the full passage →

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: — read the full passage →

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →