Second Cousin Marriage

Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

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

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. — read the full passage →

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons. — read the full passage →

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; — read the full passage →

But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Have we no right to eat and to drink? — read the full passage →

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. — read the full passage →

But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. — read the full passage →

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not; — read the full passage →

But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy. — read the full passage →

Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather. — read the full passage →

Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. — read the full passage →

Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. — read the full passage →

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. — read the full passage →

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that. — read the full passage →

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →

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

and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

Or 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 men, — read the full passage →

Or 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 men,

Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? — read the full passage →

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;

to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.

For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is. — read the full passage →

But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; — read the full passage →

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? — read the full passage →

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him. — read the full passage →

which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

that no flesh should glory before God. — read the full passage →

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; — read the full passage →

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? — read the full passage →

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? — read the full passage →

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.