Unhappy Marriages

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

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;

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.

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,

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

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

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 →

`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.'

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

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

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

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

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

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

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

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 →

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;

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

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

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

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

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

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.

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

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

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;

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

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

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.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

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 →

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

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance, — read the full passage →

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

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

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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 →

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

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

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 →

`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.

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

`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 →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; — read the full passage →

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

`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;'

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

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

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

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

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 →

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? — read the full passage →

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

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

because the eyes of the Lord <FI>are<Fi> upon the righteous, and His ears--to their supplication, and the face of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon those doing evil;'

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

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 →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

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.

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

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 →

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

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

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.

Jesus saith to her, `Go, call thy husband, and come hither;' — read the full passage →

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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.

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 →

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

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.'

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

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

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' — read the full passage →

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Do two walk together if they have not met?

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →