In the New Covenant, marriage is not an expectation, as we don’t make new kingdom members by having children, but rather by sharing the gospel. Jesus affirmed the option of being a eunuch in Matt 19:11-12 when talking about people made eunuchs (castrated by emperors), born eunuchs (asexual or possibly intersex), or made themselves eunuchs (either through castration or will-powered celibacy) for the Kingdom.
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