Wanting To Get 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.

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.

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 →

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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 →

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 →

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

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.

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.

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

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 →

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.

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

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;

Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth--it hath commanded, And His spirit--He hath gathered them.

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

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

And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.'

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; — 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.

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

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 →

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 →

but neither <FI>is<Fi> a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in 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.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

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

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

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 →

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

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 →

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

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?

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 →

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

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> mine, and I <FI>am<Fi> his, Who is delighting among the lilies,

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.

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

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 →

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

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

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — 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 because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; — 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 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 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.'

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

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

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.

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.

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and <FI>one<Fi> doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:' — read the full passage →

and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling; — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

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

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,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and <FI>in<Fi> the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

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

let all your things be done in love.

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

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 →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

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

And there came unto me one of the seven messengers, who have the seven vials that are full of the seven last plagues, and he spake with me, saying, `Come, I will shew thee the bride of the Lamb--the wife,'

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,

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love; — read the full passage →

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; — read the full passage →

out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but--that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

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

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.