What Marriage Is

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. — read the full passage →

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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

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

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

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. — read the full passage →

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; — read the full passage →

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.