Unhappy Marriages

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

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

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’

So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. — read the full passage →

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. — read the full passage →

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

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

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

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

“You shall not commit adultery.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

and the two will become one flesh,so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. — read the full passage →

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand: — read the full passage →

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

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? — read the full passage →

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

For man is not from woman, but woman from man; — read the full passage →

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?” — read the full passage →

Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →