Is this the Bible verse that some Cathloics preist say that do not get married

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32 But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. 33 But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided. 34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.
 
The requirement for priestly celibacy is a church discipline instituted at the end of the first millenium. It’s not dogma and it doesn’t need to be “proved” from Scripture, if that’s what you’re asking.

Paul is, however, making a case for celibacy in the service of the Lord, which is a valid argument in favor of the discipline.
 
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