Long Courtship

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

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

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

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

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. — read the full passage →

And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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

Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more. — read the full passage →

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

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

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out. — read the full passage →

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

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

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

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

Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion. — read the full passage →

For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

unto the church of God which is at Corinth, eventhem that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, calledto besaints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirLordand ours:

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion.

O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

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

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.