1 Corinthians 7:2
Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
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- Prov 19:14 : 14 House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.
- 1 Cor 7:9 : 9 But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.
- Eph 5:33 : 33 Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.
- Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.
- Prov 18:22 : 22 He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.
- 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee fornication: euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the bodie: but hee that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne bodie.
- 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to absteine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.
- Eph 5:28 : 28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
- Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lorde hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.
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1Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.
- 1 Cor 7:3-1412 verses82%
3Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.
4The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.
5Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinecie.
6But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.
7For I woulde that all men were euen as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, and another after that.
8Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
9But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.
10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.
11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.
12But to ye remnant I speake, & not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be cotent to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.
13And the woman which hath an husbande that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.
14For the vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife, and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the husbande, els were your children vncleane: but nowe are they holie.
- 1 Cor 7:24-296 verses78%
24Brethren, let euery man, wherein hee was called, therein abide with God.
25Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commaundement of the Lorde: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hath obtained mercie of the Lord to be faithfull.
26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.
28But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:
- Mark 10:7-82 verses77%
7For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.
8And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.
- Rom 7:2-32 verses76%
2For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.
3So then, if while the man liueth, she taketh another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if the man be dead, she is free fro the Law, so that shee is not an adulteresse, though shee take another man.
- 1 Thess 4:3-42 verses76%
3For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,
4That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,
- 1 Cor 7:32-398 verses75%
32And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.
33But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee may please her husband.
35And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that yee followe that, which is honest, and that yee may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation.
36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.
37Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well.
38So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth wel, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.
39The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at libertie to marie with whome she will, onely in the Lord.
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24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
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33Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.
- Eph 5:28-292 verses74%
28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
29For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.
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31For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
- 1 Cor 7:16-172 verses74%
16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?
17But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lorde hath called euery one, so let him walke: and so ordaine I, in all Churches.
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4Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.
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16Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.
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7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.
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17But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.
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18Flee fornication: euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the bodie: but hee that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne bodie.
- Matt 19:5-62 verses73%
5And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.
6Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.
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1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
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25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.
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20Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.