Betrothal

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.” — read the full passage →

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her; — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her, and lies with her, and they are found; — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. — read the full passage →

He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife.”

Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. — read the full passage →

You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit.

If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, hates her, — read the full passage →

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →

“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her, and lies with her; then only the man who lay with her shall die; — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” — read the full passage →

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →

He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it, — read the full passage →

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

“Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh; “for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says Yahweh, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.

What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns! — read the full passage →

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law? — read the full passage →

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

Mary said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. — read the full passage →

Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!” — read the full passage →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, — read the full passage →

Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. — read the full passage →

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. — read the full passage →

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. — read the full passage →

Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.