Kissing Before Marriage

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.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the flock of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother's brother. — 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 →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

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 →

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

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

But--in the law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary. — read the full passage →

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better <FI>are<Fi> thy loves than wine.

Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,

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

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

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

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh. — read the full passage →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

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 →

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. — read the full passage →

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

And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth <FI>it<Fi> to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.

And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

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,

`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.

Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;' and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep.

salute one another in an holy kiss;

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

do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Go to meet Moses into the wilderness;' and he goeth, and meeteth him in the mount of God, and kisseth him,

and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;' — read the full passage →