Bible Cross References
which were made
Isaiah 39:7
Some of your own direct descendants will be taken away and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the king of Babylonia."
Isaiah 56:3
A foreigner who has joined the LORD's people should not say, "The LORD will not let me worship with his people." A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people.
Isaiah 56:4
The LORD says to such a man, "If you honor me by observing the Sabbath and if you do what pleases me and faithfully keep my covenant,
which have
1 Corinthians 7:32-38
32
I would like you to be free from worry. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's work, because he is trying to please the Lord.
33
But a married man concerns himself with worldly matters, because he wants to please his wife;
34
and so he is pulled in two directions. An unmarried woman or a virgin concerns herself with the Lord's work, because she wants to be dedicated both in body and spirit; but a married woman concerns herself with worldly matters, because she wants to please her husband.
35
I am saying this because I want to help you. I am not trying to put restrictions on you. Instead, I want you to do what is right and proper, and to give yourselves completely to the Lord's service without any reservation.
36
In the case of an engaged couple who have decided not to marry: if the man feels that he is not acting properly toward the young woman and if his passions are too strong and he feels that they ought to marry, then they should get married, as he wants to. There is no sin in this.
37
But if a man, without being forced to do so, has firmly made up his mind not to marry, and if he has his will under complete control and has already decided in his own mind what to do---then he does well not to marry the young woman.
38
So the man who marries does well, but the one who doesn't marry does even better.
1 Corinthians 9:5
Don't I have the right to follow the example of the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter, by taking a Christian wife with me on my trips?
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I haven't made use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this now in order to claim such rights for myself. I would rather die first! Nobody is going to turn my rightful boast into empty words!