Virginity

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 →

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

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

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

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

these are they who with women were not defiled, for they are virgin; these are they who are following the Lamb whithersoever he may go; these were bought from among men--a first-fruit to God and to the Lamb--

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. — read the full passage →

`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

`And when a man doth entice a virgin who <FI>is<Fi> not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; — read the full passage →

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 →

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us <FI>he is<Fi> God.'

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.

then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father's house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring <FI>in<Fi> her father's house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

`When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother; — read the full passage →

`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

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

lo, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I pray you, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and to this man do not this foolish thing.'

`Then hath the father of the damsel--and her mother--taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

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

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be--saith He--the two for one flesh.'

O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me: — 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> ;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.

this <FI>is<Fi> the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: Trampled on thee, laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion, Behind thee shaken the head hath the daughter of Jerusalem.

`And if this thing hath been truth--tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel--

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

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

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land--she hath no raiser up.'

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;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, — read the full passage →

Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.'

Singers have been before, Behind <FI>are<Fi> players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

`When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found,

`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;

that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — 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, — read the full passage →

and did not know her till she brought forth her son--the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

`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;' — read the full passage →

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

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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.'

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

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, — read the full passage →

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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

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.

And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

`And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him,

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon. — read the full passage →

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

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,

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

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

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.

To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. — read the full passage →

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;

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.'