Marriage And Children

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

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

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 →

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

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.

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

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

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

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

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.

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.

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

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

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

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 →

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,

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

`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.'

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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;

`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.

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

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 →

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.

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

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table. — 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;'

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

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

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

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;

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.

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.

Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

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,

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

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

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — 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;

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

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 →

on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

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

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,

And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon, — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

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

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

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

`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.

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 →

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 faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

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.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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

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

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

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

but neither <FI>is<Fi> a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

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

so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

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

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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 →

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> mine, and I <FI>am<Fi> his, Who is delighting among the lilies,

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

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

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

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

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.