Pleasing Your Husband

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also <FI>are<Fi> the wives to their own husbands in everything.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh <FI>with<Fi> her hands. — read the full passage →

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content;

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →

The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh <FI>with<Fi> her hands.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple <FI>are<Fi> her clothing.

Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'