Yes, there is a specific passage that speaks about this very issue. In 1 Corinthians chapter 7 the Apostle Paul was inspired to answer questions concerning MARRIAGE and REMAINING SINGLE. In verse 2 he brings out one of the snares of remaining single: “Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.” Sex within marriage is God’s will, as we see in Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage is honorable among all, and THE BED UNDEFILED; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” God has created most men and women with a desire for sexual relationships and yet He has set boundaries to fulfill those desires. His “boundary” is “marriage” and within that boundary “the bed is undefiled.” So, he counsels the saints at Corinth (and us today!) to marry to avoid sexual immorality. Yet he goes on to say in verses 7-9, “For I wish that all men were EVEN AS I MYSELF. But each one has HIS OWN GIFT FROM GOD, one in this manner and another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they REMAIN EVEN AS I AM; but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.” Paul was NOT MARRIED and thus he does “wish that all men would REMAIN SINGLE,” yet he recognized that one would need a “gift from God” to remain single. It seems clear that this “gift from God” would be God giving one grace to “exercise self-control” when it comes to sexual desires, for he knew that if one didn’t have this “gift of self-control” he would “burn with passion” and possibly fall into the sin of fornication.

Later, in verses 25-38, Paul addresses the unmarried specifically. In verses 25-26 he says, “Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy. I suppose there that this is good because of the present distress—that IT IS GOOD FOR A MAN TO REMAIN AS HE IS.” Here Paul gives a very specific reason why it is good to remain single, “because of the present distress.” The word “distress” means “anxiety, sorrow or pain.” Paul may have been speaking of the persecution the church was going through at that time or he may have been speaking of times of suffering in general that we all experience in this earthly scene. It is better to remain single than to add the pressures that can come in marriage (providing for two or more people instead of one, conflicts that may occur within a marriage, and other circumstances that are more complicated than when one is single).

We will close our meditation by looking at one other reason for remaining single and this one coincides with your desire perfectly. In verses 32-35 we read, “But I want you to be WITHOUT CARE. He who is UNMARRIED CARES FOR THE THINGS OF THE LORD—how he may PLEASE THE LORD. But he who is MARRIED CARES ABOUT THE THINGS OF THE WORLD—how he may PLEASE HIS WIFE. There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may PLEASE HER HUSBAND. And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may SERVE THE LORD WITHOUT DISTRACTION.” In short, Paul is teaching us that a single man or woman can live a devoted life to the Lord free from the distractions that come from being married and wanting to please their spouse. Their FOCUS can be solely on the Lord and His interests without having to spend time and energy caring for their spouse. When Paul mentions the “things of the world” he is NOT speaking of “worldliness” but of duties the husband and wife have towards each other in this life on earth.  Again, this desire to remain single and undistracted MUST be accompanied by the “gift from God” of self-control or one may be drawn into impure sexual relations.  (DO)  (633.1)