Marriage Problems

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

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

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, — read the full passage →

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. — read the full passage →

When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? — read the full passage →

For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing. — read the full passage →

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ — read the full passage →