I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. — read the full passage →
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” — read the full passage →
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. — read the full passage →
For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. — read the full passage →
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. — read the full passage →
They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”
and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife. — read the full passage →
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →
He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. — read the full passage →
“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace. — read the full passage →
The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →
In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
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