For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives; but if the husband dies, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, You have well said, I have no husband:

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

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife.

But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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

For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: that said you truly.

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, decided to put her away privately.

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher: she was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Jesus said unto her, Go, call your husband, and come here.

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them who have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out.

Then she fell down immediately at his feet, and died: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

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

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

And the woman who has a husband that believes not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how do you know, O man, whether you shall save your wife?

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

For it is written, Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that travail not: for the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she respect her husband.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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