Marriage And Virginity

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

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 →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

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

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — 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 ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

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

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any; — read the full passage →

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

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

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

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.

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, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

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

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

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

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

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,

`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 if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be--saith He--the two for one flesh.'

if ye ask anything in my name I will do <FI>it<Fi> .

these are they who with women were not defiled, for they are virgin; these are they who are following the Lamb whithersoever he may go; these were bought from among men--a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb--

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

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

`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.'

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

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! -- — read the full passage →

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 →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

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

and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

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. — 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 →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

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

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.

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;

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

let all your things be done in love.

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

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

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 →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;