17 Bible Verses about Relationship Troubles

still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;

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

I could even wish that the people who are unsettling you would go further still and mutilate themselves.

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be well for them to remain as I am myself.

Do not let yourselves be carried away by the various novel forms of teaching. It is better to rely for spiritual strength upon the divine help, than upon regulations regarding food; for those whose lives are guided by such regulations have not found them of service.

But, if they cannot control themselves, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

For I have come to set--'a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,

But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

The child shall be great and shall be called 'Son of the Most High,' and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David,

Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'

I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

James, a Servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, greets The Twelve Tribes that are living abroad.

At that same time Jesus uttered the words: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou has hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the child-like!

And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

In truth I tell you," he added, "you shall all see Heaven open, and 'the angels of God ascending and descending' upon the Son of Man."