Living Together Before Marriage

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

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

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. — read the full passage →

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. — read the full passage →

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; — read the full passage →

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: — read the full passage →

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. — read the full passage →

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. — read the full passage →

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? — read the full passage →

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →