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Celibacy was not an important issue in the early church, but purity was. Peter was married, and Paul had indicated that he had just as much right ot have a wife as did Peter, but that he chose to not do so so that he could be more able to spread the Gospel and to help the people in the churches, which he had established: "Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas (Peter)?" ! Corinthians 9:5.
Note that Paul instructed the young pastor, Timothy, that some had a false doctrine, totally contrary to faith in Christ, in this regards: "Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with Thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." ! Timothy 4:2,3.
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