Sex In Marriage

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.

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;

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

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

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 →

all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast <FI>is<Fi> nothing pure, but of them defiled <FI>are<Fi> even the mind and the conscience;

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

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.

How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

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.

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

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.

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

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

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

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

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better <FI>are<Fi> thy loves than wine. — read the full passage →

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

`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.'

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

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

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

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.'

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

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

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

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

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

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

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,

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?

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 →

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

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

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

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

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 →

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

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.

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

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,

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

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

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 →

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

`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;'

How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights. — read the full passage →

`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

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

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 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 →

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

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 ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. — read the full passage →

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better <FI>are<Fi> thy loves than wine.

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

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!

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, — read the full passage →

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

For thy Maker <FI>is<Fi> thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name, And thy Redeemer <FI>is<Fi> the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: — read the full passage →

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

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 manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

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

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

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

let all your things be done in love.

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

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

for a man is not of a woman, but a woman <FI>is<Fi> of a man, — read the full passage →

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 I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I <FI>am<Fi> sick with love!