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Matthew 19:10
His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

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Matthew 19:11
But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

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1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

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1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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1 Corinthians 7:7
Yet 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.

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1 Corinthians 7:27
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

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Revelation 14:4
These 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.

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1 Corinthians 7:26
Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

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1 Corinthians 7:37
But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.

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