Domestic Violence And Abuse

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, — read the full passage →

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints; — read the full passage →

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? — read the full passage →

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. — read the full passage →