1 Corinthians 7:25
Remaining Unmarried
7:25 With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
Ephesians 3:8
3:8 To me – less than the least of all the saints
– this grace was given,
to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:1
Paul's Relationship to the Divine Mystery
3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –
Ephesians 1:11-13
1:11 In Christ
we too have been claimed as God’s own possession,
since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope
on Christ,
would be to the praise of his glory.
1:13 And when
you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ
– you were marked with the seal
of the promised Holy Spirit,