Celibacy

8 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

General Scriptures Concerning

Matthew 19:10–12 His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.” …
1 Corinthians 7:1–2 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. …
1 Corinthians 7:7–9 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. …
1 Corinthians 7:25–26 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. …
1 Corinthians 7:32–40 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. …
1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
1 Timothy 4:1–3 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, …
Revelation 14:1–5 Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. …