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He [Christ] exalted virginity when he said: “there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven”; and: “Whoever can contain it, let him contain it” (Matthew 19:12). In addition, He knew the high opinion of many about virginity. It is by its nature a great thing, which is evident from the fact that just as in the Old Testament it was not kept even by saints and great men, so in the New it was not made a necessary law. Christ did not give a commandment about it, but left it to the will of those who listened. That is why Paul says: “Concerning virginity I have no commandment from the Lord” (1 Cor. 7:25). I praise the one who maintains virginity, but I do not force the one who does not want to be a virgin, and I do not make advice into law (7).
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