Domestic Violence And Abuse

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: — read the full passage →

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

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

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →

And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →

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

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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

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

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

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.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. — read the full passage →