Marriage Covenant

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

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

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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 →

`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.

`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.'

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 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 →

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

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

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;

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

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;

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

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

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

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

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — 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 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;'

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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,

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

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;

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 →

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body, — read the full passage →

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?

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

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

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 →

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; — read the full passage →

His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

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

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

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.

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

and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out--to remission of sins;

In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup <FI>is<Fi> the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

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 saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

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

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.'

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

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →