30 Bible Verses about Marriage, Purpose Of

He replied, "Have you never read that He who created them male and female from the beginning

But from the beginning, when God created the world, Male and female, He created them:

(Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God.)

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and the pair shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

but there is so much immorality that every man had better have a wife of his own and every woman a husband of her own.

Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is alive; but if the husband dies, she is done with the law of 'the husband.'

A woman is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if he dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases ??only, it must be a Christian.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated in the person of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated in the person of the Christian brother she has married; otherwise, of course, your children would be unholy instead of being consecrated to God.

At the resurrection people neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels of God in heaven.

When people rise from the dead they neither marry nor are married, they are like the angels in heaven.

Jesus said to them, "People in this world marry and are married, but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

I mean, brothers, ??the interval has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none, let mourners live as if they were not mourning, let the joyful live as if they had no joy, let buyers live as if they had no hold on their goods, let those who mix in the world live as if they were not engrossed in it, for the present phase of things is passing away.

Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!

Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body (for the pair, it is said, shall become one flesh),

The husband must give the wife her conjugal dues, and the wife in the same way must give her husband his; the wife cannot do as she pleases with her body ??her husband has power, and in the same way the husband cannot do as he pleases with his body ??his wife has power. Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

So ought husbands to love their wives ??to love them as their own bodies (he who loves his wife loves himself). For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church

Husbands, love your wives, do not be harsh to them.

Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church; as the church is subject to Christ, so wives are to be subject to their husbands in every respect.

Wives, be subject to your husbands; that is your proper duty in the Lord.

they must give good counsel, so that the young women may be trained to love their husbands and children, to be mistress of themselves, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the gospel.

In the same way, you wives must be submissive to your husbands, so that even those who will not believe the Word may be won over without a word by the behaviour of their wives, when they see how chaste and reverent you are. You are not to adorn yourselves on the outside with braids of hair and ornaments of gold and changes of dress,read more.
but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value. It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves. They were submissive to their husbands. Thus Sara obeyed Abraham by calling him 'lord'. And you are daughters of Sara if you do what is right and yield to no panic.

I would like all men to be as I am. However, everyone is endowed by God in his own way; he has a gift for the one life or the other. To the unmarried and to widows I would say this: it is an excellent thing if like me they remain as they are.

The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's position with his wife, there is no good in marrying." He said to them, "True, but this truth is not practicable for everyone, it is only for those who have the gift. There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

At the same time, if any man considers he is not behaving properly to the maid who is his spiritual bride, if his passions are strong and if it must be so, then let him do what he wants ??let them be married; it is no sin for him. But the man of firm purpose who has made up his mind, who, instead of being forced against his will, has determined to himself to keep his maid a spiritual bride ??that man will be doing the right thing. Thus both are right alike in marrying and in refraining from marriage, but he who does not marry will be found to have done better.

Refuse to put young widows on the list, for when their wanton desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry and thus are guilty of breaking their first troth to Him. Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.read more.
So I prefer young widows to marry again, to bear children, to look after their households, and not to afford our opponents any chance of reviling us.