'Relations' in the Bible
He did not have marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.
Mary asked the angel, "How can this happen, since I have not had relations with a man?"
And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.
And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.
but, supposing him to be in the company that journeyed together, they went a day's journey, and sought him among their relations and acquaintances:
But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,
And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.
And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,
and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Give my love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.
Timothy, who is working with me, sends his love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.
Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”
But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
Do not deprive each other [of marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves [unhindered] to prayer, but come together again so that Satan will not tempt you [to sin] because of your lack of self-control.
If Timothy pays you a visit, see that he is free from fear in his relations with you; for he is engaged in the Master's work just as I am.
For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and above all in our relations with you.
Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.
Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions with outsiders (non-believers), make the most of each opportunity [treating it as something precious].
On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.
If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.
“He must turn away from wickedness and do what is right.He must search for peace [with God, with self, with others] and pursue it eagerly [actively—not merely desiring it].
These are the ones who have not been defiled [by relations] with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased and redeemed from among men [of Israel] as the first fruits [sanctified and set apart for special service] for God and the Lamb.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Copulation (11 instances)
- Dealings (18 instances)
- Intercourse (56 instances)
- Recounting (6 instances)
- Relation (121 instances)
- Relations (149 instances)
- Relative (71 instances)
- Telling (223 instances)
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- A Good Husband
- Abusive Relationships
- Adam's Relationship With Eve
- Age Differences In Relationships
- Bad Relationships
- Being In A Relationship
- Building Relationships
- Christ's Relationship To God
- Covenant Relationships
- Faithfulness, In Human Relationships
- Family, Showing God's Relationship
- Fasting And Prayer
- Father And Daughter Relationships
- Forbidden Sexual Relationships
- Grace, In Human Relationships
- Love And Relationships
- Love, In Relationships
- Man And Woman
- Man's Relationship With His Creator
- Marriage Between Man And Woman
- Marriage Kjv
- Patience In Relationships
- Prayer, As A Relationship With God
- Relations With Foreigners
- Relationship Of Father And Son
- Relationship Of Men And Women
- Relationship Troubles
- Relationships
- Relationships And Dating
- Relationships To This Day
- Relationships With Boyfriend
- Relatives
- Sex Before Marriage
- Sexual Immorality
- Sexual Relationships
- Struggles In Relationship
- Trust In Relationships
- Unchanging Relationships
- Sex