Love And Marriage

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

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

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

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

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

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

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.

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

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.

let all your things be done in love.

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

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

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

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

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; — read the full passage →

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

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

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

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

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

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 →

`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;'

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — read the full passage →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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.

For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.

`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.

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,

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

`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 →

because of this the woman ought to have <FI>a token of<Fi> authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit; — read the full passage →

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

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

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

Thou <FI>art<Fi> all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

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

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

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 →

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 →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

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

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah! — read the full passage →

may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready; — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother--And the chamber of her that conceived me.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — 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;

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

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →