Celibacy

“His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.””

“Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.”

“But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.”

“I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.”

“Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.”

“Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.”

“I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.”

“Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?”