22 And no widow or divorced woman should they take for themselves as wives,+ but virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel+ or the widow who happens to be the widow of a priest they may take.’

2 For I am jealous over YOU with a godly jealousy,+ for I personally promised YOU in marriage+ to one husband+ that I might present YOU as a chaste+ virgin to the Christ.+

4 These are the ones that did not defile themselves with women;+ in fact, they are virgins.+ These are the ones that keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes.+ These were bought+ from among mankind as firstfruits+ to God and to the Lamb,