30 Bible Verses about Husband And Wife
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It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.
For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.
At the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be out of the seven, all of them having had her?"
To those who are married my direction is-yet it is not mine, but the Master's-that a woman is not to leave her husband
If they want information on any point, they should ask their husbands about it at home; for it is unbecoming for a married woman to speak at a meeting of the Church.
But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the Head of every man, that man is the Head of woman, and that God is the Head of the Christ.
But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.
How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? and how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?
And a woman who is married to a man, who is an unbeliever but willing to live with her, should not divorce her husband.
Again, you married women should submit to your husbands, so that if any of them reject the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over, by the conduct of their wives,
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry any one she wishes, provided he is a believer.
While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;
(If she has done so, let her remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to divorce his wife.
Husbands, love your wives, and never treat them harshly.
However, for you individually, let each love his wife as if she were himself; and the wife be careful to respect her husband.
For, through his wife, the husband who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ's People; and the wife who is an unbeliever has become associated with Christ's People through our Brother whom she has married. Otherwise your children would be 'defiled,' but, as it is, they belong to Christ's People.
For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in Heaven.
Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her,
And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.
For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.
'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.'
Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.
That is how husbands ought to love their wives--as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself;
"If that," said the disciples, "is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry."
They are to be men of irreproachable character, who are faithful husbands, whose children are Christians and have never been charged with dissolute conduct or have been unruly.
Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her, To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise; So that he might himself bring the Church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless. read more.
That is how husbands ought to love their wives--as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself; For no one ever yet hated his own body. But every one feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the Church; For we are members of his Body. 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.' In this there is a profound truth--I am speaking of Christ and his Church.
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