Christian Relationships

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

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

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — 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 →

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

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

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, mybride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — 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:

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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 →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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 →

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.