The Meaning Of Marriage

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, — read the full passage →

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

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

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

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

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

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

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.