Topic
Marriage Divorce
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But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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 the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
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 →
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.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
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.
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 →
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. — read the full passage →
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — 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.
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
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 →
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →
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