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An Adultress
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Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. — read the full passage →
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: — read the full passage →
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →
but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →
So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. — read the full passage →
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →
to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.
Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →
But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee? — read the full passage →
they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
For no word from God shall be void of power.
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.
Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.
Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.
But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; — read the full passage →
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.
lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. — read the full passage →
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →
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