@whiteman_ @JeffGrimesArt
No, he did not. He called miraculous continence, a super natural lack of desire, a gift.

If it is a gift from God, why then demand women under sixty, including widows, to marry in 1 Tim 5:16? Fighting against God and His gifts is unwise as it is sinful. But Scripture cannot be broken, so one of us is taking from an interpretive tradition that is wrong.

>However all things have tribulation
"The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it." (Prov. 10:22)

This implicitly Protestant anti-marriage and anti-sex theology is one reason why the visible church is suffering and losing in the West.