Spouse Abandonment

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 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.'

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

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 →

`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 →

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

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.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep; — 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 →

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 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 →

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience,

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

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth. — read the full passage →

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, `Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?' which is, being interpreted, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

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

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

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 →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

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 thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!) — read the full passage →

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

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 →

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

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

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.

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 so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon <FI>his<Fi> face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.

and if any one is ignorant--let him be ignorant;

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

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

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

for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us; — read the full passage →

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

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,

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled, — read the full passage →

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, — read the full passage →

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed:

how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?