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Separation In Marriage
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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 →
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.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — 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 →
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
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 →
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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 Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. — read the full passage →
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — 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. — read the full passage →
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: — read the full passage →
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →
It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →
And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.
Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.
They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, mybride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
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 I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →
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