single women
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1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband. 4It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body. 5So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence. 6But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
3Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well,
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
9Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,
18The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
7For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.
30Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
3And I also ask you, as my genuine companion, to assist those women who have labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement and the rest of my assistants, whose names are in the Book of Life.
9And indeed, man was not created for woman, but woman was created for man.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
4so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children,
1Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God. 2And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness. 3But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints, 4nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks. 5For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.
25Strength and elegance are her clothing, and she will laugh in the final days.
1And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men, 2for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity. 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth. 5For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus, 6who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time.