Bible Teachings: About Holy Matrimony

"And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'? "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." 

MATTHEW 19:4-6 NASB

So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

EPHESIANS 5:28-29 NASB

But if anyone does not take care of his relatives, especially the members of his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

 I TIMOTHY 5:8 TEV

Honor your marriage and its vows, and be pure; for God will surely punish all those who are immoral or commit adultery.

HEBREWS 13:4 LB

Didn't God make you one body and spirit with her? What was his purpose in this? It was that you should have children who are truly God's people. So make sure that none of you breaks his promise to his wife.

MALACHI  2:15 TEV

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

COLOSSIANS 3:19 TEV

"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel. "I hate it when one of you does such a cruel thing to his wife. Make sure that you do not break your promise to be faithful to your wife."

MALACHI 2:16 TEV

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. 

I PETER 3:7 NIV

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

EPHESIANS 5:25 NIV

"I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the LORD may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.'

I KINGS 2:2-4 RSV

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