Celibacy

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

• Matthew 19:10–12Nave General scriptures concerning

  ¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s…

• 1 Corinthians 7:1Nave General scriptures concerning

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

• 1 Corinthians 7:2Nave General scriptures concerning

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

• 1 Corinthians 7:7–9Nave General scriptures concerning

  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. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain,…

• 1 Corinthians 7:25Nave General scriptures concerning

  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.

• 1 Corinthians 7:26Nave General scriptures concerning

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

• 1 Corinthians 7:32–40Nave General scriptures concerning

  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 he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference…

• 1 Corinthians 9:5Nave General scriptures concerning

  Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

• 1 Timothy 4:1–3Nave General scriptures concerning

  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and…

• Revelation 14:1–5Nave General scriptures concerning

  And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder:…