To: newsgatherer
In Pauls letter to Timothy are the job qualifications to be a minister of God, amongst them: "A man married to one wife." "amongst them", yes, but not limited to that one condition. Paul himself chose celibacy and encouraged it.
- 1 Cor 7:6-7
- This I say by way of concession, however, not as a command. Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am (single? widowed?), but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
- 1 Cor 7:32-34
- I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit. A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
22 posted on
12/14/2004 4:38:44 AM PST by
NYer
("Blessed be He who by His love has given life to all." - final prayer of St. Charbel)
To: NYer
You are so kind and patient to explain this AGAIN!
26 posted on
12/14/2004 5:18:48 AM PST by
netmilsmom
(Zell on DEM Christianity, "They can hum the tune, but can't sing the song.")
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