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and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another; — read the full passage →

And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. — read the full passage →

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

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.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →

For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, — read the full passage →

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! — read the full passage →

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — 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.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

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.

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, — read the full passage →

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: — read the full passage →

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

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; — read the full passage →

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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; — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,