Wanting To Be Married

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

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

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

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

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

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

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry. — read the full passage →

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that. — read the full passage →

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

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. — read the full passage →

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.