Jesus Being Married

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

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 own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

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.

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

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

`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;'

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

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 →

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

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 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 →

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

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

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

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

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

And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord our God; — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

`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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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.

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in 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.

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 Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, — read the full passage →

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

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

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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?

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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.

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.

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah! — read the full passage →

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

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

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

`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.

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

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,

in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

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

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

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

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

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,

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

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

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

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

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

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, — read the full passage →

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

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

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that <FI>it is<Fi> good for a man that the matter be thus: --

each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

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;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, — read the full passage →

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why--that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?' — read the full passage →

for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.

Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring. — 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. — read the full passage →

and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

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,

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 →

let all your things be done in love.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

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.

For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.

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

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

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.'