But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →
“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. — read the full passage →
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. — read the full passage →
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry. — read the full passage →
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — 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.
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →
Let all that you do be done in love.
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →
They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
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