单身比结婚更好吗?保罗说是,但也称两者都是上帝的恩赐



  • 保罗希望所有人都像他一样未婚,并写道“不结婚的人做得更好”,但他称结婚并非犯罪(哥林多前书 7:7–9, 28, 38)。
  • 他的理由是专心侍奉:未婚的人挂虑“主的事”,而已婚的人则挂虑如何取悦配偶(哥林多前书 7:32–35)。
  • 耶稣说,为了“天国”而守独身是给那些“赐给谁”的人(马太福音 19:10–12)。
  • 天主教会教导说,为了天国而守独身是更高的境界,独身和婚姻都来自主(特伦托会议;天主教教理 1618–1620)。
  • 东正教会按立已婚男子为神职人员,并从单身男子或鳏夫(通常是修士)中选拔主教。
  • 新教信条否认独身是更神圣的状态,并教导说任何有能力同意的人都可以结婚。

Paul said yes, for those able to live it. The unmarried, he wrote, can give “undivided devotion to the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:35), and the one who refrains from marriage “will do even better” (7:38). He also said that marriage is no sin and that “each has his own gift from God” (7:7). Paul wrote as a single man who wished that all were as he was, and still he would not make his own life the rule for everyone.…

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