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Adultery And Divorce
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`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'
but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.
He who committeth adultery <FI>with<Fi> a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
`Thou dost not commit adultery.
For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →
honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.
And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;
for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;
`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →
`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →
so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.
and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;
but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →
And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication--she also.
He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.
so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'
and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'
And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →
and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:
but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.
and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →
`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;
`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house,
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →
for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; — read the full passage →
`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.
And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'
A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;
and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →
and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--
And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →
Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --
and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'
And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →
if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;
And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →
and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,
`Thou dost not commit adultery.
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.
lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation--if they may not repent of their works,
They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.
And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →
`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each--so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →
And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,
Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when <FI>is it<Fi> again?
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →
And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done--shall I inherit life age-during?' — read the full passage →
for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. — read the full passage →
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; — read the full passage →
Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →
for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →
They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' — read the full passage →
And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them,
`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →
The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →
And at dawn he came again to the temple, — read the full passage →
`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, — read the full passage →
`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'
they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime--committing adultery, — read the full passage →
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →
do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth? — read the full passage →
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.