Loving A Married Man

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

He who committeth adultery <FI>with<Fi> a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

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

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

`Thou dost not desire thy neighbour's wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

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

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.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

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.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

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 →

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

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

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

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

`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 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 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 →

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: — read the full passage →

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

let all your things be done in love.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? — 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 →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

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

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

For thy Maker <FI>is<Fi> thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name, And thy Redeemer <FI>is<Fi> the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.

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

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

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

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 →

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

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 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;

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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 →

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better <FI>are<Fi> thy loves than wine.

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

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

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 →

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

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after <FI>the death of<Fi> his mother.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

`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;'

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

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.

Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down--they tread upon it.

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

`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand--he is certainly avenged;

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 →

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly; — read the full passage →

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

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;

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

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — 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;

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

Servants--to their own masters <FI>are<Fi> to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →