Unmarried

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

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

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.

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.

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.

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

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

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — 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 →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. — read the full passage →

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

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

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

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — 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. — read the full passage →

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. — 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.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. — read the full passage →

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

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

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. — read the full passage →

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

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.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

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

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.

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

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, — read the full passage →

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

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 Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. — read the full passage →

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. — read the full passage →

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.

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; — read the full passage →

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.