Divorce

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

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 →

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 →

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

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

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,

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; — read the full passage →

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

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.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

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;

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — 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 →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

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 →

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

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.

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

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 →

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

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?'

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

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 to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

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

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

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 →

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,

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

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

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?

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — 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,

and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

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

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

`If ye love me, my commands keep, — read the full passage →

if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each--so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct: