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Divorce And Marriage
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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.
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.
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.
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →
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.
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
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 it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. — read the full passage →
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. — read the full passage →
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
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 unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
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 →
So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.
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.
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.
And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
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 →
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: — read the full passage →
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 →
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan;
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
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