1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
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- Col 3:19 : 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
- Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Eph 5:25-28 : 25 Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, 27 so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. 15 No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth. 16 “I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel,“and the one who is guilty of violence,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”
- 1 Thess 4:4 : 4 that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor,
- 1 Cor 7:3 : 3 A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
- Gen 2:23-24 : 23 Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
- Prov 5:15-19 : 15 Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth– 19 a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.
- Matt 19:3-9 : 3 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?” 4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?” 8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way. 9 Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
- Eph 3:6 : 6 namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
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- 1 Pet 3:1-66 verses79%
1Wives and Husbands In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,
2when they see your pure and reverent conduct.
3Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes–
4but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
5For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,
6like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.
- Col 3:18-192 verses78%
18Exhortation to Households Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
- 1 Cor 7:2-54 verses78%
2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
3A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.
5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- Eph 5:21-255 verses77%
21and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22Exhortations to Households Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,
23because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church(he himself being the savior of the body).
24But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
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8Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.
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33Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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16For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?
- Titus 2:4-52 verses72%
4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,
5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.
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3But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
- Eph 5:28-292 verses71%
28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29For no one has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,
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11Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
- 1 Cor 7:10-145 verses70%
10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband
11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
12To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.
13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
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11In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
- 1 Cor 14:34-352 verses68%
34the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.
35If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.
- 1 Cor 7:33-342 verses68%
33But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,
34and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
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4that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor,
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14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.
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2For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
- 1 Tim 3:4-52 verses67%
4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.
5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
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9Conduct of Women Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,
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5In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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39A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes(only someone in the Lord).
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13Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
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7For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.
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29And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
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2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters– with complete purity.
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23Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.
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14But if her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about her when he heard them.