{"id":9145,"date":"2024-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=9145"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:31:28","slug":"singleness-vs-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/singleness-vs-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"\u72ec\u8eab\u306f\u7d50\u5a5a\u3088\u308a\u3082\u512a\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\uff1f\u30d1\u30a6\u30ed\u306f\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u3068\u7b54\u3048\u305f\u304c\u3001\u4e21\u65b9\u3068\u3082\u795e\u304b\u3089\u306e\u8cdc\u7269\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3068\u8aac\u3044\u305f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Paul said yes, for those able to live it. He wrote that the unmarried can give &quot;undivided devotion to the Lord&quot; (1 Corinthians 7:35) and that one who refrains from marriage &quot;will do even better&quot; (7:38). He also said that marriage is no sin and that &quot;each has his own gift from God&quot; (7:7). Single and married people in 1 Corinthians 7 Paul&#039;s fullest teaching on the question answers a letter the Corinthians had sent him (1 Corinthians 7:1). He\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul preferred singleness for undivided devotion to the Lord but called marriage no sin; Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches rank the two differently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-relationships"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9065,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/beyond-romance-discovering-purpose\/","url_meta":{"origin":9145,"position":0},"title":"Is Singleness a Gift from God? 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