Matthew 19:10-11

10The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” 11But he said to them, aNot everyone can receive this saying, but only bthose to cwhom it is given.

1 Corinthians 7:8

8To the unmarried and the widows I say that dit is good for them to remain single eas, I am.

1 Corinthians 7:26-27

26I think that in view of the present
Or impending
distress git is good for a person to remain as he is.
27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

1 Corinthians 7:37-38

37But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38So then he who marries his betrothed hdoes well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.

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