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.
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.”
Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — 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.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. — 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 →
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 →
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →
When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — 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.
(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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.
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” — 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.”
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
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. — 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.
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
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.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
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;
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. — read the full passage →
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
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.
The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife.
The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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.
They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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 →
His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.” — read the full passage →
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — 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.
Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own 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 →
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. — 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 →
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. — read the full passage →
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
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 →
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
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