Husbands

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.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

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.

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

`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;'

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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.

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it <FI>is<Fi> thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

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

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,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

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.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection, — read the full passage →

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

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

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?

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

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, — read the full passage →

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also <FI>are<Fi> the wives to their own husbands in everything.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

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 →

and the man saith, `This <FI>is<Fi> the <FI>proper<Fi> step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

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 →

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

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

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

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

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

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

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

`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.'

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,

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! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; — read the full passage →

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly,

for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

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. — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; — read the full passage →

For thy Maker <FI>is<Fi> thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name, And thy Redeemer <FI>is<Fi> the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

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 →

This thy stature hath been like to a palm, And thy breasts to clusters. — read the full passage →

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after <FI>the death of<Fi> his mother.

And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper--as his counterpart. — read the full passage →

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

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

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

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

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

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;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,