Desertion

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; — read the full passage →

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: — read the full passage →

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

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; — read the full passage →

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

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

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — read the full passage →

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

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

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.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: — read the full passage →

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

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.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: — read the full passage →

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: — read the full passage →

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, — read the full passage →

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. — read the full passage →

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. — read the full passage →

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.