I Corinthians 7

⁷ For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.¹

The Apostle Paul was unmarried and not desiring to unite with a woman. He thought it would be better for other people to be single as himself and he acknowledged that God had provided a gift to him to be single. However, he realized others may be benefited by God in other ways including marriage.

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¹The Holy Bible: King James Version. (1995). (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version., 1 Co 7:7). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.