Husbands Loving Their Wives

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;

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

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! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in 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.'

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

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

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,

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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> .

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

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.

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

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

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

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.

The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.

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

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

`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.'

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

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

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 →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

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 →

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 →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

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

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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.

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

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

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

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 →

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

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;

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

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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 →

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, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

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 →

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 →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — 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 he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. — read the full passage →

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying,

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection, — 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 →