Marriage Covenant

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

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

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

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 →

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

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

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; — read the full passage →

So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

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

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

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

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. — read the full passage →

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

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 →

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh. — read the full passage →

The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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

Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

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

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: — read the full passage →