What Does the Bible Say About Singleness?
Key Scriptures and spiritual guidance on singleness
Bibeln nämner ogifta personer på flera ställen och ger en positiv syn på singellivet. Paulus uppmuntrar människor att förbli ogifta om de kan, eftersom det ger dem möjlighet att fokusera helt på Guds tjänst. Att vara singel ger också möjligheten att vara mindre distraherad av jordiska bekymmer och att tillfredsställa Herren. Bibeln betonar att både giftermål och ogifta liv är välsignade tillstånd, och att varje person bör omfamna den situation som Gud har gett dem.
Bible Verses About Singleness
1 Corinthians 7:8
“Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.”
1 Corinthians 7:32-35
“I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife...”
1 Corinthians 7:38
“So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.”
Matthew 19:12
“For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
1 Corinthians 7:7
“I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.”
1 Corinthians 7:40
“In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.”
1 Corinthians 7:34
“An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.”
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