Marriage Relationship

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.

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

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 →

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

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

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

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

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

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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

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.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

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

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

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.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green. — read the full passage →

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her. — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

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.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John: — read the full passage →

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary: — 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.

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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.

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 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — 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. — read the full passage →

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

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

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

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

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?

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, mybride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

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;

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

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 the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: — read the full passage →