Widows Remarrying

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.

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.

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

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

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

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.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

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

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

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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.

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.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

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 →

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

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

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — 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.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. — read the full passage →

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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, — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. — read the full passage →

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, — read the full passage →

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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 →

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. — read the full passage →

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. — read the full passage →

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. — read the full passage →

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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

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. — read the full passage →

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; — read the full passage →

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

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

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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 →

Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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. — read the full passage →

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. — read the full passage →

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: — read the full passage →

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

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

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, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →