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保持单身,写道“不结婚的人做得更好”,并称婚姻并非罪(哥林多前书 7:7–9, 28, 38)。
  • 他的理由是专心侍奉:未婚者挂虑“主的事”,已婚者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“蒙赐予”的人(马太福音 19:10–12)。
  • 天主教会教导说,为天国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圣洁的状态,并教导所有有能力同意的人都可以结婚。

Paul said yes, for those able to live it. He wrote that the unmarried can give “undivided devotion to the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:35) and that 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). Single and married people in 1 Corinthians 7 Paul’s fullest teaching on the question answers a letter the Corinthians had sent him (1 Corinthians 7:1). He…

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