Marriage And Virginity

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity. — 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.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. — read the full passage →

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

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

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

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, — read the full passage →

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; — read the full passage →

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; — read the full passage →

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: — read the full passage →

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

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

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? — read the full passage →

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

So 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 →

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

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

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity. — read the full passage →

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

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. — read the full passage →

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

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

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

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

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Let all your things be done with charity.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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

Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.