Living Together Before Marriage

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

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — 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 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.

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 →

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

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.

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 →

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

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

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, — read the full passage →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

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

Jesus saith to her, `Go, call thy husband, and come hither;' — read the full passage →

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 from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

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.

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

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

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

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

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

`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.'

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --

but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

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

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

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

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

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,

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

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

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

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

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

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 →

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, — 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 →

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.

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

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

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

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

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

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

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

`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.

lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.

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

`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;' — read the full passage →

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

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

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

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

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; — read the full passage →

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

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

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

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, — read the full passage →

`For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, no more burden to lay upon you, except these necessary things: — read the full passage →

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

And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time <FI>is<Fi> a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

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.

wherefore I judge: not to trouble those who from the nations do turn back to God, — read the full passage →

He who committeth adultery <FI>with<Fi> a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

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 →

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

`If another <FI>woman<Fi> he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

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

The wife who committeth adultery--Under her husband--doth receive strangers.

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city; — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

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

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? — read the full passage →

`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, — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →