Unmarried

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 the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

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

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

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

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, 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;

`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.'

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

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

I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that <FI>it is<Fi> good for a man that the matter be thus: --

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.

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.

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

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 →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

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

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

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

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou--Thou dost uphold my lot.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

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 delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies, — read the full passage →

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

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman,

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — 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.' — read the full passage →

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

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

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given; — read the full passage →

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.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

have we not authority a sister--a wife--to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

Each in the calling in which he was called--in this let him remain;

if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each--so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

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;

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

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

for I wish all men to be even as I myself <FI>am<Fi> ; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. — read the full passage →

`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.

for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

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

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

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

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.

he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero <FI>in<Fi> hunting before Jehovah.'

And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

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.

`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,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart--not having necessity--and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart--to keep his own virgin--doth well;

I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that <FI>it is<Fi> good for a man that the matter be thus: -- — read the full passage →

for when they may rise out of the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers who are in the heavens.

And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God; — read the full passage →

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: `Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head--all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive. — read the full passage →

For thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant: — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!