Quotes about Choice
But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
— 1 Corinthians 7:28
But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
— 1 Corinthians 7:37
So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
— 1 Corinthians 7:38
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
— 1 Corinthians 7:39
In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
— 1 Corinthians 7:40
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
— 1 Corinthians 10:21
But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.
— Philippians 1:22
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
— Philemon 1:14
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
— Hebrews 11:25
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
— James 1:14
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
— James 4:4
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
— 2 Peter 2:19