Separation In Marriage

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

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 →

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

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.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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.

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

`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.'

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

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

`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.

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — 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.

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.

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

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.

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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;

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

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

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

`If another <FI>woman<Fi> he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

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;

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

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.

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; — read the full passage →

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

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.

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

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us; — read the full passage →

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

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,

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 the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →

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?

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

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

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

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

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

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `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 finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

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;

`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;'

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

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

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication--she also.

Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be--saith He--the two for one flesh.'

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.

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

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

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

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them,

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

Do two walk together if they have not met?

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

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

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 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 →

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

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

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →