Black And White Marriages

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. — read the full passage →

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

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. — read the full passage →

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; — read the full passage →

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Do not err, my beloved brethren. — read the full passage →

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; — read the full passage →

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? — read the full passage →

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: — read the full passage →

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. — read the full passage →

As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Have we not power to eat and to drink? — 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.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: — read the full passage →

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. — read the full passage →

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. — read the full passage →

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. — read the full passage →

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; — read the full passage →

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. — read the full passage →

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.

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. — read the full passage →

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. — read the full passage →

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? — read the full passage →

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: — read the full passage →

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. — read the full passage →

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. — read the full passage →

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. — read the full passage →

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. — read the full passage →

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.