TOPICAL BIBLE
Celibacy
28 references in this topic.
Matthew 19:10His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”Matthew 19:11But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.Matthew 19:12For 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.”1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.1 Corinthians 7:2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.1 Corinthians 7:7Yet 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.1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.1 Corinthians 7:9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.1 Corinthians 7:25Now 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.1 Corinthians 7:26I 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.1 Corinthians 7:32But 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;1 Corinthians 7:33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.1 Corinthians 7:34There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.1 Corinthians 7:35This 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.1 Corinthians 7:36But 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.1 Corinthians 7:37But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.1 Corinthians 7:38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.1 Corinthians 7:39A 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.1 Corinthians 7:40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.1 Corinthians 9:5Have 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?1 Timothy 4:1But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,1 Timothy 4:2through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;1 Timothy 4:3forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.Revelation 14:1I 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.Revelation 14:2I 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.Revelation 14:3They 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.Revelation 14:4These 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.Revelation 14:5In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
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