TOPICAL BIBLE
Celibacy
28 references in this topic.
Matthew 19:10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.Matthew 19:11But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.Matthew 19:12For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.1 Corinthians 7:2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.1 Corinthians 7:7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.1 Corinthians 7:9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.1 Corinthians 7:26I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.1 Corinthians 7:32But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:1 Corinthians 7:33but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,1 Corinthians 7:34and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.1 Corinthians 7:35And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.1 Corinthians 7:36But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.1 Corinthians 7:37But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.1 Corinthians 7:38So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.1 Corinthians 7:39A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.1 Corinthians 7:40But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.1 Corinthians 9:5Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?1 Timothy 4:1But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,1 Timothy 4:2through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.Revelation 14:1And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard was as the voice of harpers harping with their harps:Revelation 14:3and they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.Revelation 14:4These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.
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