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and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

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 →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

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

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

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

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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

Do two walk together if they have not met?

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

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.

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

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

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.

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;

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. — read the full passage →

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

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Also, without knowledge the soul <FI>is<Fi> not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

God <FI>is<Fi> in her midst--she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

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

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

`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.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

By David. --An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression <FI>is<Fi> forgiven, Whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter. — read the full passage →

Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me, — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;' — read the full passage →

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. — read the full passage →

and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after <FI>the death of<Fi> his mother.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all <FI>things<Fi> ; — 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 →

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 →

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

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

Thou <FI>art<Fi> all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

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

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

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

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,