Desertion

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

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

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

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

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not 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, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: 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 to him, wrote unto you; — read the full passage →

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not 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 fearful.

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

for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

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

For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him. — read the full passage →

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

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

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators 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 knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

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

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel; — read the full passage →

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

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

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.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

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.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

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 →

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.

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

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

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

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

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

Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

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

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew 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 that spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son 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 bear witness of me: — read the full passage →

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

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

Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?

It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

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

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

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

And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he 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 there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the firstdayof the month, that the word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

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

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — 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 Jehovah; And on 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 Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovahgivenby Moses.

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

The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

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

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

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

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.