Married Couples

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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 above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

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 →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

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

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

Let all your things be done with charity.

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

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. — read the full passage →

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

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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

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

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

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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.

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

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

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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

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

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →

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

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →