Marriage After Death

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;

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;

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.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

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

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

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 →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him, — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God; — read the full passage →

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.

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 I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

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

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

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

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

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.

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

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the death for His saints.

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

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

and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours--and their works do follow them!'

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, -- — read the full passage →

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

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →

for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

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

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

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 →

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 →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

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

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.

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain.

the last enemy is done away--death;

For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

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

honour widows who are really widows; — read the full passage →

In the path of righteousness <FI>is<Fi> life, And in the way of <FI>that<Fi> path <FI>is<Fi> no death!

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ-- — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to you--He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

So also <FI>is<Fi> the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; — read the full passage →

and now, he hath died, why <FI>is<Fi> this--I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

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; — 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.

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

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

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

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

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

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

`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

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

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

for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet-- — read the full passage →

and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ--

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace;

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister-- — 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 →

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 →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'