Pregnancy Before Marriage

`When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found, — read the full passage →

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

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

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

and if any one doth think <FI>it<Fi> to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin--let him marry.

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. — read the full passage →

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

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 when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges; — read the full passage →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me. — read the full passage →

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

`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;'

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

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.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

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

for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many <FI>are<Fi> the children of the desolate--more than of her having the husband.'

Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up! — read the full passage →

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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;

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.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.

Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me, — read the full passage →

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 →

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 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 →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth <FI>them<Fi> : Suckling ones He leadeth.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning; — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law--to do them,' — read the full passage →

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king <FI>is<Fi> a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful. — read the full passage →

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who <FI>art<Fi> in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near, — read the full passage →

For thou <FI>art<Fi> He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother. — read the full passage →

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

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

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,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law; — read the full passage →

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well; — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law--to do them,'

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

Sing ye to God--praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah <FI>is<Fi> His name, and exult before Him. — read the full passage →

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

`And when a man doth entice a virgin who <FI>is<Fi> not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; — read the full passage →

whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God; — read the full passage →

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

(according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,') — read the full passage →

So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more; — read the full passage →

for with the heart doth <FI>one<Fi> believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God; — read the full passage →

For he is not a Jew who is <FI>so<Fi> outwardly, neither <FI>is<Fi> circumcision that which is outward in flesh; — read the full passage →

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you. — read the full passage →

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you--let him first cast the stone at her;'

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

for see your calling, brethren, that not many <FI>are<Fi> wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, — read the full passage →