Living Together Unmarried

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — 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.

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

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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.

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 →

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

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:

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 →

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.

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.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

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

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

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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.

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 →

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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.

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

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

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

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

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.

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

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

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

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 →

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.