12 verses · World English BibleKing James Version
God’s design for marriage: faithful love, patience, honour and commitment.
“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Read it in context“What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Read it in context“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,”“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
Read it in context“Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
Read it in context“Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,”“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
Read it in context“bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.”“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
Read it in context“Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.”“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Read it in context“Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.”“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
Read it in context“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.”“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
Read it in context“If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Read it in context“You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.”“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
Read it in context“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
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