Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
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 →
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. — read the full passage →
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Let all your things be done with charity.
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
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.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. — read the full passage →
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. — read the full passage →
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; — read the full passage →
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →
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 →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.