Exhortation Husbands

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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.

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

These things therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?

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

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

We love, because he first loved us.

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, — read the full passage →

Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

Salute Tryphæna and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.

whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is to say, Teacher. — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. — read the full passage →

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, — read the full passage →

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

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. — read the full passage →

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. — read the full passage →

For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And they remembered his words, — read the full passage →

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. — read the full passage →

And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve, — read the full passage →

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, — read the full passage →

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? — read the full passage →

For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.

And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. — read the full passage →

Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:

And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.