1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not the right to take along with us a believing wife, as do the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas (Peter)?
Matthew 8:14
When Jesus went into Peter’s house [in Capernaum], He saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.
John 1:42
Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,
Acts 1:14
All these with one mind and one purpose were continually devoting themselves to prayer, [waiting together] along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all the people were as I am; but each person has his own gift from God, one of this kind and one of that.
Galatians 1:19
But I did not see any other apostle except James, the [half] brother of the Lord.
Song of Songs 4:9-10
“You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride;
You have ravished my heart and given me courage with a single glance of your eyes,
With one jewel of your necklace.
Song of Songs 4:12
“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Song of Songs 5:1-2
(The Bridegroom)
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”
Matthew 12:46-50
While He was still talking to the crowds, it happened that His mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to Him.
Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Mark 1:30
Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they told Him about her.
Mark 6:3
Is this not the carpenter,
Luke 6:15
and Matthew (Levi, the tax collector) and Thomas; and
John 2:12
After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
Romans 16:1
Now I introduce and commend to you our sister
1 Corinthians 1:12
Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I am [a disciple] of Paul,” or “I am [a disciple] of Apollos,” or “I am [a disciple] of Cephas (Peter),” or “I am [a disciple] of Christ.”
1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him leave. In such cases the [remaining] brother or sister is not [spiritually or morally] bound. But God has called us to
1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound [to her husband by law] as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only [provided that he too is] in the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:2
Now an overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy 4:3
who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from [certain kinds of] foods which God has created to be gratefully shared by those who believe and have [a clear] knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 5:2
to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters, in all purity [being careful to maintain appropriate relationships].
Titus 1:6
namely, a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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A sister
“You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride;
You have ravished my heart and given me courage with a single glance of your eyes,
With one jewel of your necklace.
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”