Love And Marriage

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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

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.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

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

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

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

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

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

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

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

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

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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

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 not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

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

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

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;

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. — read the full passage →

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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 →

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judæa and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →

Let love of the brethren continue. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

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

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →