34 Bible Verses about Being Single
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I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;
There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.
but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
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and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife.
Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
The eye is the lamp of the body. If thine eye he clear, thy whole body will be in light;
Art thou bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed from her; art thou loosed from a wife, do not seek for one.
But if thou hast married, thou hast committed no sin; and if a virgin hath married, she hath committed no sin. Such, however, will have trouble in the flesh, which I desire to spare you.
and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lords: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,
The disciples say to him, If such be the case of a man with his wife, it is not good to marry.
But she is happier if she remain as she is, in my opinion; and I too think that I have the Spirit of God.
Now 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 faithful.
Let a widow be put on the list when not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one husband,
For there are eunuchs, who were so born from their mothers womb; and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
make my joy full, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, with union of soul cherishing one mind;
The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is in the light; but when it is disordered, thy body also is in darkness.
for in one hour so great wealth is made desolate. And every pilot, and every one that saileth to any place, and mariners, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.
And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
For the whole Law is fulfilled in one commandment, even in this "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;
but on account of the commonness of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
But he said to them, All cannot receive this saying, but they only to whom it is given.
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