Marriage And Love

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. — read the full passage →

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials, — read the full passage →

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart. — read the full passage →

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand. — read the full passage →

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; — read the full passage →

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and unblamably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe: — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth; — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: — read the full passage →

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — read the full passage →

For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; — read the full passage →

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. — read the full passage →

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy. — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. — read the full passage →

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judæa and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. — read the full passage →

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. — read the full passage →

And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. — read the full passage →

But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no man; — read the full passage →

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: — read the full passage →

I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service;

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, — read the full passage →

to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: — read the full passage →