Marriage And Family

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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 →

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

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;

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.

`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.'

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

`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;'

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

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.

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

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

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

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.'

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

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.'

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

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

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

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 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 →

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 →

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

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.

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.

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,

let all your things be done in love.

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

`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.

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

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;

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;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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.

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

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

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

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

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

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

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

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

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

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

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

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?

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

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

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

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

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

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,

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

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

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;

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

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;

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

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

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,

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 →

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 →