Wanting To Be Married

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

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

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

`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, 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, — 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> ; — read the full passage →

and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after <FI>the death of<Fi> his mother.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

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

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah! — read the full passage →

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

But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother--And the chamber of her that conceived me.

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

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

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

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — 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.

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

and if any one doth think <FI>it<Fi> to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin--let him marry. — read the full passage →

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

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

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

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 →

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 →

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

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

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 →

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

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,

and if any one doth think <FI>it<Fi> to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin--let him marry.

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 →

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

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.

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,

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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

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.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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.

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

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;

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

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

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

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

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

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

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 →

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.

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

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

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

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 →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

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

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;

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.'

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;

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

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

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

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

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.'

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 →

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 →

`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 →

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,

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: --

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;

for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

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

the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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,