Communication In Marriage

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, <FI>Is<Fi> the word spoken at its fit times. — read the full passage →

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.' — read the full passage →

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, <FI>Is<Fi> the word spoken at its fit times.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying,

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring. — read the full passage →

And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ; — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Words of the mouth of the wise <FI>are<Fi> gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

The beginning of contention <FI>is<Fi> a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord <FI>is<Fi> near;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

Jesus wept.

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, <FI>Is<Fi> the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,