Marriage....
Mark 10:3
The
Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife?” testing Him. 3And
He answered and said to them, “What
did Moses command you?”4They
said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce,
and to dismiss her.”5And
Jesus answered and said to them, “Because
of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But
from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ 7‘For
this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and
the two shall become one flesh’;
so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore
what God has joined together, let not man separate.” 10In
the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. 11So
He said to them, “Whoever
divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12And
if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Ephesians
5:15
15See
then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16redeeming
the time, because the days are evil.
17Therefore
do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18And
do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the
Spirit, 19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20giving
thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, 21submitting to one another in the fear of God.
22Wives,
submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband
is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior
of the body. 24Therefore, just as the church is subject to
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in
everything.
25Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26that
He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27that
He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or
any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28So
husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his
wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but
nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30For
we are members of His body,
of His flesh and of His bones. 31“For this reason a man
shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh.”
32This
is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless
let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the
wife see that she respects her husband.
Colossians
3:18
12Therefore,
as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13bearing with one
another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another;
even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14But
above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one
body; and be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17And whatever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God the Father through Him.
18Wives,
submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19Husbands,
love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
1
Corinthians 7:8
8But
I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain
even as I am; 9but if they cannot exercise self-control, let
them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10Now
to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to
depart from her husband. 11But
even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her
husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
1
Corinthians 7:2
2Nevertheless,
because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman
have her own husband. 3Let
the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife
to her husband. 4The wife does not have authority over her own
body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have
authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5Do
not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give
yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not
tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Matthew 5:27
27“You
have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not
commit adultery.’ 28But
I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed
adultery with her in his heart. 29If
your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you;
for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your
whole body to be cast into hell. 30And
if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from
you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for
your whole body to be cast into hell.
31“Furthermore
it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate
of divorce.’ 32But
I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual
immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is
divorced commits adultery.
Matthew
19:8
3The
Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for
a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
4And
He answered and said to them, “Have
you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made
them male and female,’ 5and
said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the
two shall become one flesh’? 6So
then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined
together, let not man separate.”
Genesis
2:22
22Then
the rib which the Lord
God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.23And
Adam said: “This is
now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”24Therefore a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
1 Peter 3:1
1Wives,
likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey
the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 2when
they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. 3Do
not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing
gold, or putting on fine apparel—4rather let it be the
hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and
quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 5For
in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned
themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, 6as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are
not afraid with any terror.
7Husbands,
likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as
to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life,
that your prayers may not be hindered.
8Finally,
all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as
brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil
for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that
you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
Malachi
2:13 Msg. Bible
13And
here’s a second offense: You fill the place of worship with your whining and
sniveling because you don’t get what you want from God. 14Do
you know why? Simple. Because God
was there as a witness when you spoke your marriage vows to your young bride,
and now you’ve broken those vows, broken the faith-bond with your vowed
companion, your covenant wife. 15God,
not you, made marriage. His Spirit inhabits even the smallest details of
marriage. And what does he want from marriage? Children of God, that’s what.
So guard the spirit of marriage within you. Don’t cheat on your spouse. 16“I
hate divorce,” says the God
of Israel. God-of-the-Angel-Armies
says, “I hate the violent dismembering of the ‘one flesh’ of marriage.”
So watch yourselves. Don’t let your guard down. Don’t cheat.
Ephesians
5:2
2Wives,
submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband
is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior
of the body. 24Therefore, just as the church is subject to
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26that
He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27that
He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or
any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28So
husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his
wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but
nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
1John2:16
5Do
not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the
world the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17And
the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God
abides forever.
