In the biblical view, the union between a husband and wife is a sacred institution, with Hebrews 13:4 noting that marriage is to be held in honor among all. The apostle Paul teaches in Ephesians 5:25 that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loves the church, while Proverbs 18:22 observes that finding a spouse is a blessing from the Lord. A harmonious marriage, as described in 1 Peter 3:7, is one where both partners show respect and understanding for each other, and 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 provides a foundation for this, emphasizing the importance of patience, kindness, and selflessness in relationships. This mutual love and respect is a reflection of God's love for humanity.
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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. ”
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. For we are members of His body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter. So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”