Multiple Marriages

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.”

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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

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

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.

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

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;

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

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

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

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

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

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

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

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

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

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

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

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 →

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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.

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?’

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,

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

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

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.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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 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 →

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

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

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

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

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

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — 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,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

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

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Let all that you do be done in love.

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.

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

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.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”

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

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →