Being Evenly Yoked

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. — read the full passage →

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. — read the full passage →

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,