Marrying Out Of Convenience

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation God 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.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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 →

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.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

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

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — 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.

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.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — 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.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

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.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — 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 →

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

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

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

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

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: — 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.

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

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 →

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, — read the full passage →

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. — 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.

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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

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.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. — read the full passage →

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.