Thematic Bible: Duty of, to wives


Thematic Bible





and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it, that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word; that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish. read more.
In like manner husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself; for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church; for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. "For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh." This mystery is a great one; but I am speaking of Christ and of the church. However, do ye also severally love each one his own wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.





And the Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answering said, Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning, made them male and female? And He said: "For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh." read more.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God joined together, let not man put asunder. They say to him, Why then did Moses ordain that a man may give his wife a writing of divorcement, and put her away? He saith to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you m put away your wives; but in the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, Whoever putteth away his wife, except for fornication, and marrieth another, committeth adultery.